Genesis 34:28
in Genesis 34They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;
KJV
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
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This verse in Genesis 34
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThey took their sheep, their oxen, and their asses,.... The Shechemites hoped to have the cattle and substance of Jacob's family, and in a hypocritical manner submitted to circumcision, for the sake of worldly advantage; for that, and pleasing their prince, seem to be the only views they had in it; wherefore, in this there is a just retaliation of them in Providence: and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; the cattle that were kept at home, and those that were brought up in the field, all became a prey.
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 that men who accepted circumcision to gain Jacob's livestock lost their own. The women and children are carried off.
This site's exposition
They took their flocks and herds and donkeys
The word for donkeys is chamor, the name of the prince whose city is being stripped. The same animals are listed at Genesis 12:16, when Sarai is taken into Pharaoh's house. Here they are taken by the sword.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צֹאנָ֥ם | tzonam | flock[s] their | H6629 → | 274 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּקָרָ֖ם | bekaram | herd[s] their | H1241 → | 183 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲמֹרֵיהֶּ֑ם | chamoreihem | donkeys their | H2543 → | 96 times |
| וְאֵ֧ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּעִ֛יר | bair | [was] in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה | basadeh | [was] in the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| לָקָֽחוּ׃ | lakachu | they took | H3947 → | 966 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
צֹאנָ֥םflock[s] their
tzonamH6629 →274 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּקָרָ֖םherd[s] their
bekaramH1241 →183 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֲמֹרֵיהֶּ֑םdonkeys their
chamoreihemH2543 →96 times
וְאֵ֧תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּעִ֛יר[was] in the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁ֥ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה[was] in the field
basadehH7704 →334 times
לָקָֽחוּ׃they took
lakachuH3947 →966 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
Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
it leads to
- Psalms 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Job 18:5–6
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Acts 12:22–23
And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- Job 5:3
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Psalms 37:35–36
Through
Numbers 31:17So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
it leads to
- Judges 21:11–12
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
- Deuteronomy 20:16–18
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Deuteronomy 7:2
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Judges 21:11–12
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.