Genesis 34:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

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  • Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenge upon the enemy.
  • 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be before you tell the people to return from pursuing their brothers?
  • Isa 31:8 : 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

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  • Gen 34:24-25
    2 verses
    89%

    24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who 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 brothers, took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and slew all the males.

  • Gen 34:27-29
    3 verses
    87%

    27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because they had defiled their sister.

    28They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, and what was in the city and what was in the field.

    29And all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and they plundered even all that was in the houses.

  • Gen 34:1-8
    8 verses
    83%

    1And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

    2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

    3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to her.

    4And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young woman as a wife.

    5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob held his peace until they came.

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

    7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and they were grieved and very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

    8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, My son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you give her to him as a wife.

  • Gen 34:13
    82%

    13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister,

  • Gen 34:20
    78%

    20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

  • Gen 34:18
    78%

    18And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.