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Genesis 34:16

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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.

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  1. 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:

  2. Genesis 34:15

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

  3. 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.

  4. Genesis 34:18

    And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

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