Genesis 34:15-17

34:15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become ¹  like us by circumcising ²  all your males. 34:16 Then we will give ³  you our daughters to marry, ⁴  and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people. 34:17 But if you do not agree to our terms ⁵  by being circumcised, then we will take ⁶  our sister ⁷  and depart.”

[34:15]  ¹ tn Heb “if you are like us.”

[34:15]  ² tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.

[34:16]  ³ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

[34:16]  ⁴ tn The words “to marry” (and the words “as wives” in the following clause) are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[34:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “listen to us.”

[34:17]  ⁶ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

[34:17]  ⁷ 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.