Genesis 34:17-19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷ But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.”

¹⁸ Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. ¹⁹ And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.