Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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Only 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.
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Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto…
Gen 34:22 Only 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.
Ver. 22. If every male among us be circumcised.] {See Trapp on "Gen 34:26"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every…
Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, be ours?.... Which would in course come into their families in process of time, by intermarrying with them, or, being more numerous and powerful than they, could seize upon them when they pleased, and take all they had: thus they argue from the profit and advantage that would accrue to them by admitting them among them, upon their terms; and this argument, taken from worldly interest, they knew would have great influence upon them:
only let us consent unto them; in the affair of circumcision:
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and they will dwell with us; and what by trading with them, and marrying among them, all their wealth and riches will come into our hands.
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Hamor and Shechem his son continue to talk to the city elders.
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Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: If every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised
"Only if every man among us is circumcised, as the men of Israel are circumcised, will they agree to live among us and unite with us as one people"
Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours?
Shechem uses a question to emphasize that Jacob's livestock and property will belong to the people of Shechem. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "All of their animals and property will be ours." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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