Genesis 34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 34:2And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Exodus 2:14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Do thou think to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
Joshua 7:13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow. For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, There is what has been set apart in the midst of thee, O Israel. Thou cannot stand before thine enemies until ye take aw
Esther 9:10the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they did not lay their hand on the spoil.
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:26-31
Murder of the Shechemites. ( b. c. 1732.) 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen,… Read the whole commentary →