And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: / 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: / But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; / 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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