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20 And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people: 21 These men are peaceable and 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. 22 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. 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. 24 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males. Genesis 34:20-24, Douay-Rheims Bible. Public domain.
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