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Genesis 34:15

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But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

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  1. Genesis 34:13

    And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

  2. Genesis 34:14

    And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

  3. Genesis 34:16

    Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

  4. Genesis 34:17

    But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

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