Genesis 34:25
Simeon and Levi, 2 of Jacob's sons and full brothers for Dinah, waited until the 3rd day after all the men had the operation and the men were still in a lot of pain. Then Simeon and Levi picked up their long knives/swords, and they moved quickly into the town and killed all the men.
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In The King James Version
In Context
24All the men in the town agreed with Hamor and Sheckem and had the young men's ceremony.
26They killed Hamor and Sheckem and then took Dinah from Sheckem's house and went home.
Cross References
Genesis 29:33Leah had another son and she named him Simeon and said, “God knows that Jacob does not love me and so he has given me another son.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:19-25
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,… Read the whole commentary →