15. But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised;
16. Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17. But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18. And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19. And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.
20. And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21. These 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.
22. Only herein, will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us shall be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23. Will not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.