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Genesis 34:15

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But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.

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This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.

"We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.

Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.

Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all.