Genesis 34:13-24

13Because of the bad thing that Shechem had done to Dinah, Jacob's sons decided to deceive him. And they deceived his father Hamor too.

14They said, ‘We cannot give our sister to a man who has not been circumcised. We would be ashamed to do this.

15If you want to marry Dinah, you must do one thing. You must circumcise all your males. Then you will become like us and we will agree for you to marry Dinah.

16Then we will give you our daughters so that your men can marry them. And our men will marry your daughters. We will live among you, so that we become one people with you.

17But your men must agree to be circumcised. If not, we will take our sister with us and we will leave this place.’

18This idea seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

19Shechem's family respected him as an important person. So Shechem and his father quickly did what Jacob's sons told them. Shechem agreed to do it because he wanted very much to marry Dinah.

20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of the city. They spoke to their men there.

21They said, ‘Jacob's family are our friends. Let them live in our land, and buy and sell things. This land is big enough for them and us. We can marry their daughters, and they can marry our daughters.

22But we must do the one thing that they have asked us to do. We must circumcise all our males in the same way that they do. If we do that, they will agree to live among us.

23Then their things and their animals will all become our things. So we should agree to be circumcised, as they ask. Then they will live among us.’

24All the men who were at the city gate agreed with Hamor and Shechem. So every male in the city was circumcised.