Genesis 34:27

And the sonnes of Iacob commyng vpon the dead, spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister.

Bible (Bishops')

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

26And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way.

28And toke their sheepe, oxen, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and also in the fieldes.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:2Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her.

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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