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22 `Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

23 their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'

24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

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22 But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised,(A) as they themselves are. 23 Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours?(B) So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.(C)

24 All the men who went out of the city gate(D) agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

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