Genesis 34:23-24

34:23 If we do so, ¹  won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

34:24 All the men who assembled at the city gate ²  agreed with ³  Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate ⁴  was circumcised.

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¹ tn The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

³ tn Heb “listened to.”

⁴ tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”