Genesis 34 · Verse 15

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;
Genesis 34:15, King James Version

Genesis 34:15 in other translations

BSBWe will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
WEBOnly on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,
ASVOnly on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
YLT‘Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,
DARBYBut only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
BBEBut on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;
WebsterBut in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised;

What does Genesis 34:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 34:1-19

Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children…

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Genesis 34:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַךְ\־'akh-onlyH389
בְּזֹ֖אתbe.Zotin thisH2063
נֵא֣וֹתne.'otwe will agreeH225
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto <the> you
אִ֚ם'imifH518
תִּהְי֣וּtih.Yuyou will beH1961
כָמֹ֔נוּkha.Mo.nulike usH3644
לְהִמֹּ֥לle.hi.Molby being circumcisedH4135
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemof you
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
זָכָֽר\׃za.KharmaleH2145

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 34:15

  • Galatians 4:12

    Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

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Context

  • 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:

  • 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;

  • 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.

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Genesis 34:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas con esta condición os haremos placer: si habéis de ser como nosotros, que se circuncide entre vosotros todo varón;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		nous nous accorderons avec vous seulement sous cette condition, que vous soyez comme nous en circoncisant tout mâle parmi vous;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nur unter der Bedingung wollen wir euch zu Willen sein, wenn ihr werdet wie wir, indem alles Männliche bei euch beschnitten wird;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed in hoc valebimus fœderari, si volueritis esse similes nostri, et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus;