Genesis 34:27

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The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

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  • Gen 34:2 : 2 And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her.
  • Gen 34:31 : 31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 The man replied, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was afraid and thought, 'Surely this matter is known.'
  • Josh 7:1 : 1 But the Israelites acted unfaithfully with the things designated for destruction. Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.
  • Josh 7:13 : 13 Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.’
  • Josh 7:21 : 21 When I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
  • Esth 9:10 : 10 the ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
  • Esth 9:16 : 16 Meanwhile, the rest of the Jews in the king’s provinces gathered to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies but did not lay their hands on the plunder.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:24-26
    3 verses
    87%

    24 All who went out of the gate of the city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised—all who went out of the gate of the city.

    25 On the third day, when they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the city undetected, and killed every male.

    26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.

  • Gen 34:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah.

    14 They said to them, "We cannot do this thing—to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

  • Gen 34:28-31
    4 verses
    84%

    28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields.

    29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.

    30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed."

    31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"

  • Gen 34:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 Now Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to observe the women of the land.

    2 And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her.

  • Gen 34:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4 Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife."

    5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but his sons were in the fields with the livestock, so Jacob kept silent until they came back.

    6 Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

    7 Now Jacob's sons had come in from the fields when they heard, and the men were grieved and very angry, because this outrageous act had been done in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter—something that should not be done.