Genesis 34:21-23

King James Version

²¹These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

²²Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

²³Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

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Genesis 34:21-23

New American Standard Bible

²¹“These men are ^[a]friendly to us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is ^[b]large enough for them. We will take their daughters ^[c]in marriage, and give our daughters to them. ²²Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised. ²³Will their livestock and their property and all their animals not be ours? Let’s just consent to them, and they will live with us.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 34:21 Lit peaceful
Genesis 34:21 Lit wide of hands before them
Genesis 34:21 Lit to us for wives

Genesis 34:21-23

New International Version

²¹“These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it;^(A) the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.^(B) ²²But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised,^(C) as they themselves are. ²³Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours?^(D) So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.^(E)”