Gen 34:15-16 | NETfull | STEP | We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

Genesis 34:15-16

15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become ^{▼▼ Heb “if you are like us.”} like us by circumcising ^{▼▼ The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.} all your males. 16 Then we will give ^{▼▼ The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.} you our daughters to marry, ^{▼▼ The words “to marry” (and the words “as wives” in the following clause) are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.} and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.