Genesis 34:13-24

13But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully as they spoke, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

14They 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.

15Only by this will we consent to you: if you will become like us, by circumcising every male.

16Then we’ll give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves, and live with you, and become one people.

17But if you don’t listen to us and be circumcised, we’ll take our daughter and leave.”

18Now their words seemed good to Hamor as well as Hamor’s son Shechem.

19So 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.

20So 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.

22But 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.

23Their livestock and their possessions: won’t they be ours? Only let us consent to them so that they’ll live with us.”

24Now everyone who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, every one who went out the gate of his city.