Gen 34:27-31 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 34:27-31 (NET)

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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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Names, People and Places:

· Canaanites the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

· Levi members of the tribe of Levi

· Perizzite a people of ancient Canaan in the later territory of Ephraim

· Simeon a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him

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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.

NET Notes: Gen 34:28 Heb “and what was in the city and what was in the field they took.”

NET Notes: Gen 34:29 Heb “they took captive and they plundered,” that is, “they captured as plunder.”

NET Notes: Gen 34:30 Jacob speaks in the first person as the head and representative of the entire family.

NET Notes: Gen 34:31 Heb “but they said.” The referent of “they” (Simeon and Levi) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

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