12 Make the bride price and marriage gifts as large as you like, and I will pay whatever you tell me. Then let me marry the young woman."
13 Jacob’s sons responded deviously to Shechem and his father Hamor because Shechem defiled their sister Dinah.
14 They said to them, "We can’t do this, allowing our sisters to marry uncircumcised men, because it’s disgraceful to us.
15 We can only agree to do this if you circumcise every male as we do.
16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves. We will live with you and be one people.
17 But if you don’t listen to us and become circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave."
18 Their idea seemed like a good one to Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem.