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Text -- Genesis 34:22-31 (NET)
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34:22 Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people : They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised .
34:23 If we do so, won’t their livestock , their property , and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”
34:24 All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem . Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised .
34:25 In three days , when they were still in pain , two of Jacob’s sons , Simeon and Levi , Dinah’s brothers , each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male .
34:26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword , took Dinah from Shechem’s house , and left .
34:27 Jacob’s sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated .
34:28 They took their flocks , herds , and donkeys , as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields .
34:29 They captured as plunder all their wealth , all their little ones , and their wives , including everything in the houses .
34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , “You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land – among the Canaanites and the Perizzites . I am few in number ; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed !”
34:31 But Simeon and Levi replied , “Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute ?”
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NET Notes: Gen 34:23 The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 34:25 Heb “and they came upon the city, [which was] secure.” In this case “secure” means the city was caught unprepared and at peace...
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NET Notes: Gen 34:27 Heb “because they violated their sister.” The plural verb is active in form, but with no expressed subject, it may be translated passive.
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NET Notes: Gen 34:29 Heb “they took captive and they plundered,” that is, “they captured as plunder.”
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NET Notes: Gen 34:30 Jacob speaks in the first person as the head and representative of the entire family.
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