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Genesis 34:27

What does Genesis 34:27 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 34:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Context

v.26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth.

v.27This passage

v.28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 34:2

    And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

  • Genesis 34:31

    And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

  • Esther 9:16

    And the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

  • Joshua 7:21

    when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

  • Joshua 7:13

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

  • Exodus 2:14

    And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

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