Then on the third day while they were in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came against the city undisturbed and killed every male.
Genesis 34:26 - Tree of Life Version Hamor and his son Shechem they killed with the sword, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left. 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. |
Then on the third day while they were in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came against the city undisturbed and killed every male.
Jacob’s sons came upon the slain and plundered the city because they defiled their sister.
Then Abner called out to Joab and said, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize how bitter it will be in the end? How long until you order the people to stop pursuing their kinsmen?”
“Then Assyria will fall, not by a sword of man, so a sword not of man will devour him and he will flee from the sword. His young men will be put to forced labor.
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
I will make My arrows drunk from blood, and My sword will devour flesh— the blood of the slain and the captive, the head of the leaders of the enemy.’