We will give our consent to you only on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as we are.
Brothers and sisters, I beg you to become like me. After all, I became like you were. You didn’t do anything wrong to me.
They said, “We can’t do this. We can’t give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us!
Then we’ll give our daughters to you and take yours for ourselves, and we’ll live with you and become one people.
This is how you are to be faithful to my promise: Every male among you is to be circumcised.