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Genesis 34:12-19 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

12. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

13. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14. and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

15. Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

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.

17. But if ye will not hearken unto 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 honoured above all the house of his father.

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