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Genesis 34:26 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. {edge: Heb. mouth}”

Genesis 34:26

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24

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

25

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

26

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. {edge: Heb. mouth}

27

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

28

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which {was} in the city, and that which {was} in the field,

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