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Now their words seemed ^[l]reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.

So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the ⁽ⁱ⁾gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

"These men are ^[m]friendly with us; therefore let them ^[n]live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is ^[o]large enough for them. Let us take their daughters ^[p]in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

Only on this condition will the men consent to us to ^[q]live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.

Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will ^[r]live with us."

^(j)All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.