Genesis 34:28

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

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They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

In Context

27And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

29And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.

Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

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 →

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