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Genesis 34:15

Genesis 34:15
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But in this will we consent unto you,.... Upon the following condition, that Dinah should be given in marriage:

if ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; as the sons of Jacob…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 34:1-31

- Dinah’s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Gen 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 34:6-17

Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many…

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