14 They said, “We can’t do this. We can’t give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us!
15 We will give our consent to you only on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as we are.
16 Then we’ll give our daughters to you and take yours for ourselves, and we’ll live with you and become one people.
17 If you won’t agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our daughter and go.”
18 Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 The young man didn’t waste any time in doing what they said because he took such pleasure in Jacob’s daughter. He was the most honored person in all his father’s family.
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city gate to speak to the men of their city. They said,