Hamor was the king of that land. His son Shechem saw Dinah. Shechem kidnapped her and raped her.
Genesis 34:27 - Easy To Read Version Jacob’s sons went to the city and stole everything that was there. They were still angry because of what Shechem did to their sister. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Then the rest of] Jacob's [eleven] sons came upon the slain and plundered the town, because there their sister had been defiled and disgraced. American Standard Version (1901) The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. Common English Bible When Jacob’s other sons discovered the dead, they looted the city that had defiled their sister. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had departed, the other sons of Jacob rushed over the slain, and they plundered the city in vengeance for the rape. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape. |
Hamor was the king of that land. His son Shechem saw Dinah. Shechem kidnapped her and raped her.
Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi, killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left.
So the brothers took all their animals. They took all their donkeys and everything else in the city and in the fields.
But the brothers said, “Should we let those people treat our sister like a prostitute? [199] No! Those people were wrong to do that to our sister!”
These men were the ten sons of Haman. Haman son of Hammedatha was the enemy of the Jews. The Jews killed all those men, but they didn’t take any of the things that belonged to them.
At the same time, the Jews living in the other provinces also met together. They met together so they would be strong enough to protect themselves. And so they got rid of their enemies. The Jews killed 75,000 of their enemies. But the Jews didn’t take any of the things that belonged to those people.
The man answered, “Did anyone say you could be our ruler and judge? No! Tell me, will you kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday [12] ?”
They won’t have to gather wood from the fields or chop firewood from the forests because they will use the weapons as firewood. They will take the valuable things from the soldiers that wanted to steal from them. They will take the good things from the soldiers that took good things from them.” The Lord my Master said these things.
So the Lord says, “An enemy will come to that land. That enemy will take away your strength. He will take the things you hid in your high towers.”
The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the \{true\} faith (teaching) because they want to get more and more money. But they have caused themselves to be very, very sad.
But the people of Israel did not obey God. There was a man from the family group of Judah named Achan son of Carmi, grandson of Zimri. Achan kept some of the things that should have been destroyed. So the Lord became very angry at the people of Israel.
“Now go and make the people pure. Tell the people, ‘Make yourselves pure. Prepare for tomorrow. The Lord God of Israel says that some people are keeping things that he commanded to be destroyed. You will never be able to defeat your enemies until you throw away those things.
{We captured the city of Jericho and all the things in it.} I saw a beautiful coat from Babylon, about 5 pounds [36] of silver; and about a pound [37] of gold. I wanted these things for myself. So I took them. You will find those things buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat.”