Genesis 34:27
in Genesis 34Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
KJV
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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This verse in Genesis 34
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe sons of Jacob - The rest of Jacob’s sons, the remaining brothers of Simeon and Levi, spoiled the city. Though the others could slay the defenceless males, it was not likely that they could have carried away all the booty, with the women, children, and cattle; it is therefore most natural to suppose that the rest of the sons of Jacob assisted at last in the business.
This site's exposition
took Dinah out of Shechem's house
on Genesis 34:26-29
Dinah has to be taken out of Shechem's house, which tells the reader where she had been since verse 2. Jacob's other sons then loot the city, and Gill marks the turn in it, that men who accepted circumcision to gain Jacob's livestock lost their own. The flocks and herds and donkeys go, and so does everything in the houses. The women and children are carried off.
This site's exposition
came upon the slaughter and looted the city
The Hebrew gives defiled a plural subject, the townsmen, and the brothers lay the deed on the whole city. Defiled is tame, the word of ritual uncleanness in Leviticus. It stands in verses 5, 13 and 27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), and so became accessory to the murder. In them it was manifest injustice; yet here we may observe the righteousness of God. The Shechemites were willing to gratify the sons of Jacob by submitting to the penance of circumcision, upon this principle, Shall not their cattle and their substance be ours? (
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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,....
Dinah was, for aught that appears, Jacob's only daughter, and we may suppose her therefore the mother's fondling and the darling of the family, and yet she proves neither a joy nor a credit to them; for those children seldom prove either the best or the happiest that are most indulged.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֗ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| בָּ֚אוּ | bau | they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַ֣חֲלָלִ֔ים | hachalalim | the [ones] slain | H2491 → | |
| וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ | vaiyavozu | and they plundered | H962 → | |
| הָעִ֑יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| טִמְּא֖וּ | timeu | people had defiled | H2930 → | 162 times |
| אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾachotam | sister their | H269 → | 114 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יַעֲקֹ֗בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
בָּ֚אוּthey came
bauH935 →2568 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַ֣חֲלָלִ֔יםthe [ones] slain
hachalalimH2491 →
וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּand they plundered
vaiyavozuH962 →
הָעִ֑ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
טִמְּא֖וּpeople had defiled
timeuH2930 →162 times
אֲחוֹתָֽם׃sister their
ʾachotamH269 →114 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
it leads to
- Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- 1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Psalms 32:10
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
- Proverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- Proverbs 1:19
Through
Exodus 2:14But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done…
it leads to
- Luke 12:14
But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
- Luke 12:14
Through
Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
it leads to
- Joshua 22:20
Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- Joshua 22:20
Through
Esther 9:16The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on…
it leads to
- Esther 8:11
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile…
- Esther 8:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.