We would only approve of the marriage on one condition: you must circumcise every male among you and become as we are.
Beloved ones, I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
saying, “Our culture will not allow us to consent to our sister Dinah marrying someone who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
Then we will allow our daughters to marry your sons and your daughters to marry our sons. And we will live among you and become one people.
So here is the sign of the covenant that you are to keep, so that it will endure between you and me and your descendants: circumcise every male among you.