Genesis 34:22
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One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

Genesis 34:21
These men are peaceable, and are willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.

Genesis 34:23
And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours; only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

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One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

Genesis 34:15-17 But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised: . . .

Context
The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
21These men are peaceable, and are willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours. 22One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.23And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours; only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.…
Lexicon
But only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

on this condition
בְּ֠זֹאת (bə·zōṯ)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

{will} the men
הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

agree
יֵאֹ֨תוּ (yê·’ō·ṯū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 225: To come, to assent

to dwell
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with us
אִתָּ֔נוּ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

and be
לִהְי֖וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

one
אֶחָ֑ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

people:
לְעַ֣ם (lə·‘am)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

if all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

our men
זָכָ֔ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2145: Remembered, a male

are circumcised
בְּהִמּ֥וֹל (bə·him·mō·wl)
Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they are.
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They


Additional Translations
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.Only herein will the men consent to us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.

But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people -- if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.

Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Only herein, will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us shall be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

'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;
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