And all who went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
Parallel translations
- WEB All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
- KJV And 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.
- BSB All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
- NASB All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
- NLT So all the men in the town council agreed with Hamor and Shechem, and every male in the town was circumcised.
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Quick answer
Persuaded, all the men of the city are circumcised.
Overview
The whole male population agrees and undergoes circumcision, leaving themselves physically incapacitated. Their consent, driven by desire and greed, walks them unknowingly into helplessness. The verse sets the scene for the brothers' attack while the men are unable to defend themselves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Cor 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
- Gen 23:10Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
- Isa 1:10–16Hear Yahweh’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Matt 7:6“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
- Rom 2:28–29For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
- Gen 17:23Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
- Gen 23:18to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
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