Genesis 34:22 - The Scriptures 2009

²² “Only on this condition would the men agree to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Common English Bible

²² But the men will agree to live with us and become one people only if we circumcise every male just as they do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

Genesis 34:22 Cross References

Genesis 17:10

“This is My covenant which you guard between Me and you, and your seed after you: Every male child among you is to be circumcised.

Genesis 34:21

“These men are at peace with us, so let them dwell in the land and move about in it. And see, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters for us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Genesis 34:23

Their herds and their possessions, and all their beasts, should they not be ours? Only let us agree with them, and let them dwell with us.