Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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.… Cross References 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. Lexicon But onlyאַךְ־ (’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; Jump to Previous Agree Agreement Circumcised Circumcision Condition Consent Dwell Herein Live Male Males Themselves UndergoesJump to Next Agree Agreement Circumcised Circumcision Condition Consent Dwell Herein Live Male Males Themselves UndergoesLinks Genesis 34:22 NIVGenesis 34:22 NLT Genesis 34:22 ESV Genesis 34:22 NASB Genesis 34:22 KJV Genesis 34:22 Bible Apps Genesis 34:22 Biblia Paralela Genesis 34:22 Chinese Bible Genesis 34:22 French Bible Genesis 34:22 German Bible Alphabetical: among are as be become But circumcised condition consent every live male males men on one only our people that the themselves they this to us will with OT Law: Genesis 34:22 Only on this condition will the men (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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