Genesis 34:28

And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

29and their children and wives they took captive,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

Job 20:5that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

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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