Genesis 34:20-23

20and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.

21“These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.

22But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.

23But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let’s agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”