On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city unawares and killed all the males.
Genesis 34:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went away. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house [where she had been all this time] and departed. American Standard Version (1901) And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth. Common English Bible They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s household, and left. Catholic Public Domain Version They killed Hamor and Shechem together, taking their sister Dinah from the house of Shechem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem's house. |
On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city unawares and killed all the males.
And the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.
Then Abner called to Joab, “Is the sword to keep devouring forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you order your people to turn from the pursuit of their kinsmen?”
“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals, and a sword not of humans shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
they will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken away as captives among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh— with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired enemy.’