Genesis 34:27 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 34:27

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

KJV

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YLT

Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

DBT

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

ASV

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

WEB

Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
Esther 9:16
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
Joshua 7:13
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), 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? (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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GEN 34:271TI 6:10 PRO 1:19
GEN 34:271TI 6:10 1TI 6:9
GEN 34:271TI 6:10 PSA 32:10
GEN 34:271TI 6:10 PRO 1:31
GEN 34:271TI 6:10 TIT 1:11
GEN 34:27EXO 2:14 LUK 12:14
GEN 34:27JOS 7:1 JOS 22:20
GEN 34:27EST 9:16 EST 8:11

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