The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
- KJV The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
- BSB Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- NASB Jacob’s sons came upon those killed and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.
- NLT Meanwhile, the rest of Jacob’s sons arrived. Finding the men slaughtered, they plundered the town because their sister had been defiled there.
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Jacob's other sons come and plunder the city because their sister had been defiled.
Overview
The remaining brothers join in, looting the defenseless city in retaliation for Dinah's defilement. Their grievance was real, but the plunder compounds the wrong with greed and cruelty. The narrative quietly indicts the whole family's descent into vengeance and rapine.
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- Exod 2:14He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”
- Josh 7:13“Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, “There is a devoted thing among you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you.”
- Josh 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against the children of Israel.
- Josh 7:21When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”
- Esth 9:16The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
- Esth 9:10the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
- 1 Tim 6:10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Gen 34:31They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
- Gen 34:2Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
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