Genesis 34:22

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.

Cross References

Genesis 17:10

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.

Genesis 34:21

"These men are peaceful, and they want to live among us. Let them trade in the land and cultivate it, for, being spacious and broad, it is in need of cultivation. We will receive their daughters as wives, and we will give them ours.

Genesis 34:23

And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, will be ours, if only we will acquiesce to this, and so, in living together, will form one people."