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Genesis 34:20-25 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

20. And Ḥamor and Sheḵem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying,

21. “These men are at peace with us, so let them dwell in the land and move about in it. And see, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters for us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22. “Only on this condition would the men agree to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

23. “Their herds and their possessions, and all their beasts, should they not be ours? Only let us agree with them, and let them dwell with us.”

24. And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Ḥamor and Sheḵem his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25. And it came to be on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ, Shim‛on and Lĕwi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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