13. But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully as they spoke, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
14. They said to them, “We can’t do this thing—give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised—for this is a disgrace to us.
15. Only by this will we consent to you: if you will become like us, by circumcising every male.
16. Then we’ll give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves, and live with you, and become one people.
17. But if you don’t listen to us and be circumcised, we’ll take our daughter and leave.”
18. Now their words seemed good to Hamor as well as Hamor’s son Shechem.
19. So the young man did not hesitate to do it, since he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was honored above everyone else in his father’s house.
20. So Hamor and his son Shechem came into the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying:
21. “These men are enjoying a peaceful relationship with us and they are living in the land and moving about freely in it. As for the land, look, it’s spread out on both sides before us. We can take their daughters to be our wives, and we can give our daughters to them.
22. But by this did these men consent to us, to live with us and to become one people—when all our males are circumcised as they are circumcised.
23. Their livestock and their possessions: won’t they be ours? Only let us consent to them so that they’ll live with us.”