9 Become related to us; Give your daughters for us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 and dwell with us; This land is before you, dwell and trade in it, and acquire it for possession.

11 And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, 'If only I may find favor in your eyes, I will give whatever you say to me;

12 appoint the greatest vein and gifts; I will give you whatever you say to me, only give me the maiden to wife.

13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit; but they said so because he had dishonored Dinah their sister;

14 And they said to them, 'We cannot do this, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is dishonorable to us.

15 Only on this condition will we agree with you, if you are like us, that all your males may be circumcised.

16 And we will give our daughters in marriage to you, and take your daughters in marriage, and we will dwell with you, and we will make one nation.

17 And if ye do not obey us in circumcision, we will take our daughter, and depart.

18 And Hamor, and Shechem the son of Hamor, pleased these words.

19 The young man did not know how to do this, because he loved the daughter of Jacob. And he was the most respected of all from his father's house.

20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gates of their city, and spoke to the inhabitants of their city, saying,

21 These people are at peace with us; let them dwell on the earth and trade in it; but the earth is wide before them. Let us take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters in marriage.

22 Only on this condition do men consent to dwell with us, and to be one people, that all the males also may be circumcised among us, as they are circumcised.