Genesis 34:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 34:24

All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

KJV

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Every male was circumcised - These simple people must have had very great affection for their chief and his son, or have been under the influence of the most passive obedience, to have come so readily into this measure, and to have submitted to this rite. But the petty princes in Asiatic countries have ever been absolute and despotic, their subjects paying them the most prompt and blind obedience.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ	vai.yish.me.'U	and they listened	H8085 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
חֲמוֹר֙	cha.mOr	Hamor	H2544 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
שְׁכֶ֣ם	she.Khem	Shechem	H7927 →
בְּנ֔וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יֹצְאֵ֖י	yo.tze.'Ei	[those who] went out of	H3318 →
שַׁ֣עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
עִיר֑וֹ	i.Ro	city his	H5892 →
וַיִּמֹּ֙לוּ֙	vai.yi.Mo.lu	and they were circumcised	H4135 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
זָכָ֔ר	za.Khar	male	H2145 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יֹצְאֵ֖י	yo.tze.'Ei	[those who] went out of	H3318 →
שַׁ֥עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
עִירֽוֹ׃	i.Ro	city his	H5892 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
leads to
- Genesis 34:20
  So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 23:18
  to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Through
1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
leads to
- Galatians 5:6
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Galatians 6:15
  For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- 1 John 2:3–4
  By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- Romans 2:25–29
  Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
- 1 John 3:22–24
  and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Through
Genesis 17:23
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God…
leads to
- Psalms 119:60
  I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.