Genesis 34:28

They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,

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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

27Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

29and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless 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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