Genesis 34:28

And they wasted the sheep of those men, and droves of oxen, and asses, and all things that were in the houses and fields, (And they destroyed the sheep of those men, and their herds of oxen, and their donkeys, and all the things that were in their houses and in their fields,)

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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

27[the] other sons of Jacob felled in on the slain men, and rifled the city, for the vengeance of [the] defouling of the virgin (or to take vengeance for their sister’s defiling).

29and (they) led away (as) prisoners the little children, and [the] wives of those men. And when these things were done hardily (or And when these things were fully done),

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17lest thou wouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the might of mine hand, hath given all these things to me. (lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, My own strength, and the might of my own hand, hath given me all these things.)

Job 20:5that the praising of wicked men is short (-lived), and the joy of an hypocrite is at the likeness of a point soon passing (awayx).

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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