Discovery BoxGenesis 34:22 
Context34:22 Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand 1 that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
Genesis 17:10
Context17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: 2 Every male among you must be circumcised. 3
Genesis 21:4
Context21:4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, 4 Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. 5
Genesis 34:17
Context34:17 But if you do not agree to our terms 6 by being circumcised, then we will take 7 our sister 8 and depart.”
1 tn Heb “when every one of our males is circumcised.”
2 tn Heb “This is my covenant that you must keep between me and you and your descendants after you.”
3 sn For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Light of the Priestly ‘ot Etiologies,” RB 81 (1974): 557-96.
4 tn Heb “Isaac his son, the son of eight days.” The name “Isaac” is repeated in the translation for clarity.
5 sn Just as God had commanded him to do. With the birth of the promised child, Abraham obeyed the
6 tn Heb “listen to us.”
7 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.
8 tn Heb “daughter.” Jacob’s sons call Dinah their daughter, even though she was their sister (see v. 8). This has been translated as “sister” for clarity.
