Genesis 34:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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 ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; every male among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 34:21

These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Genesis 34:23

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.