Genesis 34:26
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.
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- Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh– the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy’s leaders!’”
- 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then Abner called out to Joab,“Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”
- Isa 31:8 : 8 Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.
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- Gen 34:24-252 verses89%
24 All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.
25 In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.
- Gen 34:27-293 verses87%
27 Jacob’s sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated.
28 They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.
29 They captured as plunder all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses.
- Gen 34:1-88 verses83%
1 Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.
2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
3 Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.
4 Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”
5 When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.
6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.
7 Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.
8 But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
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13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
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20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
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18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.