Genesis 34:28

They took all the sheep, and cows, and donkeys. They took everything that was in the town, and everything that was in the grass lands.

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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

27Then Jacob’s other sons went into the town, and they saw all the dead bodies of Shekem’s mob. So Jacob’s sons took everything that they wanted in that town. They thought, “Shekem did that bad thing to our sister, so we will take everything that belonged to his mob.”

29They took everything that was in the houses. And they got all the women and all the young kids, and they took them away, like they were prisoners.

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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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