17. But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.’
18. Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
19. The young man, who was the most honoured of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
20. So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.
21. ‘These men are friendly towards us,’ they said. ‘Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.