Genesis 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.
Genesis 34:22 in other translations
| BSB | But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | ‘Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised; |
| DARBY | But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people — if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised. |
| BBE | But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Genesis 34:22 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 34:20-31
The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures us better than true religion, so nothing exposes us more than religion only pretended to. But Simeon and Levi were most unrighteous. Those who act wickedly, under the pretext of religion, are the worst enemies of the truth…
Genesis 34:22 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 34:21
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.
- Genesis 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.
- Genesis 34:23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Genesis 34:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas con esta condición nos harán estos hombres el placer de habitar con nosotros, para que seamos un pueblo: si se circuncidare en nosotros todo varón, así como ellos son circuncidados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais ces hommes s’accorderont avec nous, pour habiter avec nous, pour devenir un même peuple, seulement sous cette condition, que tout mâle parmi nous soit circoncis, comme ils sont circoncis. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nur unter der Bedingung wollen die Männer uns zu Willen sein, bei uns zu wohnen, ein Volk zu sein, wenn bei uns alles Männliche beschnitten werde, so wie sie beschnitten sind. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Unum est quo differtur tantum bonum: si circumcidamus masculos nostros, ritum gentis imitantes. |