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Genesis 34:26 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 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.Genesis 34:26 · King James Version
Genesis 34:26 in context
24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25And 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.
26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ShechemShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- HamorChămôwrChamor, a CanaaniteH2544 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- DinahDîynâhDinah, the daughter of JacobH1783 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- slewhâragto smite with deadly intentH2026 →
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Here, we have Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob's sons, young men not much above twenty years old, cutting the throats of the Shechemites, and thereby breaking the heart of their good father. I. Here is the barbarous murder of the Shechemites.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-31