Genesis 34:15

Genesis 34:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
• New International Version (NIV)We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised,

Context of Genesis 34:15

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. Only 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.”

Genesis 34:15 word by word

אַךְ־בְּזֹ֖את נֵא֣וֹת לָכֶ֑ם אִ֚ם תִּהְי֣וּ כָמֹ֔נוּ לְהִמֹּ֥ל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But in thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• will we consentאוּת'ûth · to consentH225
• that every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• of you be circumcisedמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135

Cross-references for Genesis 34:15

• Galatians 4:12I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong—

Commentaries on Genesis 34:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-31Verses 1-31 - Dinah‘s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17Dinah’s brothers responded to the proposal without waiting for Jacob to respond, and they acted deceitfully. They may not have thought that Shechem and his people would ever agree to the rite of circumcision, but they knew what they would do if the Canaanites accepted (34:25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-4. Though freed from foreign troubles, Jacob met with a great domestic calamity in the fall of his only daughter. According to Josephus, she had been attending a festival; but it is highly probable that she had been often and freely mixing in the society of the place and that she, being a simple, inexperienced, and vain young woman, had been flattered by the attentions of the ruler's son. There must have been time and opportunities of acquaintance to…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 34:15

• Deception
• Dishonesty

In the dictionaries

• Ask
• Consent
• Daughter
• Defile
• Dinah
• Folly
• Please
• Archaeology; Archaeology and Criticism
• Genesis
• Jacob (1)

Commentaries on Genesis 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings