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They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field;
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A Just Retaliation
John Gill highlights a profound irony in this verse. The Shechemites had agreed to be circumcised with the greedy hope of acquiring the wealth and cattle of Jacob's family. In a just turn of events, their own flocks, herds, and possessions were taken from them as plunder, demonstrating a form of divine retaliation where the punishment fits the crime.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.
(Genesis 34:1–5)
Dinah went out to see the daught…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They took their sheep, their oxen, and their asses The Shechemites hoped to have the cattle and substance of Jacob's…
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The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite only to serve their own ends, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves; and God was just in br…
