And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Parallel translations
- WEB and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.
- BSB They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
- NKJV and all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.
- NASB and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even everything that was in the houses.
- NLT They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.
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Quick answer
They take captive the women and children and plunder all the households.
Overview
The brothers' vengeance falls even on the innocent wives and children of the city, who had no part in the crime. This collective punishment reveals the injustice of their actions, harming many for the sin of one man. The verse deepens the moral horror that Jacob will rebuke and that God's word records as wrong.
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