Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised.
This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.
Brothers and sisters, I beg you: become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong.