Genesis 34:27 KJV
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Matthew Henry
- The Shechemites murdered by Simeon and LeviThe Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was just with God to bring...
Thompson Chains
- Retaliation (2)See the chain from Judges 8:7 · 6 links
Cross References
- Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
- Genesis 34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
- Exodus 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
- Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
- Joshua 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
- Joshua 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
- Esther 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
- Esther 9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
- 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Topics
- Deception Jacob’s sons, in entrapping the Shechemites
- Dinah Ravishment of Dinah
- Dishonesty Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites
- Falsehood Jacob’s sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised
- Homicide Simeon and Levi
- Jacob His daughter, Dinah, is raped
- Levi Avenges the seduction of Dinah
- Shechem 3. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob’s daughter; killed by Jacob’s sons
- Simeon With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah
- Vengeance Sons of Jacob on Hamor and Shechem
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1836–1689 BC · Jacob
Bible Dictionary
- JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The sons בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Jacob יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name
- came בָּאוּ bāʾww בּוֹא Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- upon the slain עַל ʿal Preposition הַחֲלָלִים haḥălālîm חָלָל Adjective · masculine plural · with the
- and spoiled וַיָּבֹזּוּ wayyābōzzû בָּזַז Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- the city הָעִיר hāʿîr עִיר Noun · feminine singular · with the
- because they had defiled אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative טִמְּאוּ ṭimmĕʾww טָמֵא Verb · piel perfect, third person common plural
- their sister אֲחוֹתָם ʾăḥôtām אָחוֹת Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
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