including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.
Parallel translations
- WEB They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
- KJV 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.
- BSB They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
- NKJV And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out.
- NASB They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.
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Quick answer
They kill Hamor and Shechem, take Dinah from Shechem's house, and leave.
Overview
The brothers execute the two leaders responsible and rescue their sister. While retrieving Dinah was right, the wholesale killing was murderous revenge that far exceeded justice. The episode displays the violence that festered in Jacob's house and the long shadow such sin casts over the family.
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Cross-references · 3
- Deut 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.”
- 2 Sam 2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”
- Isa 31:8“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
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