It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Ya`akov's sons, Shim`on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
Genesis 34:26 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They killed Chamor and Shekhem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shekhem's house, and went away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Ya`akov's sons, Shim`on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
Ya`akov's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Then Aviner called to Yo'av, and said, *Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?*
*The Ashur will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Yerushalayim will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.