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Shechem’s City Agrees to Circumcision
Genesis 34:18-24
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Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
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The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
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So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
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“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
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But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
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Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
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All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
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