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and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.
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Revenge's Total Spoil
The brothers' revenge went beyond killing the men. Commentators note they plundered all the city's wealth, goods, and possessions. They also took all the women and children captive. One scholar points out that the term for "little ones" could include the entire household, meaning servants were also seized as valuable "spoil," showing the comprehensive and brutal nature of the attack.
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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
Their little ones. —Hebrew, their taf. (See Note on Genesis 17:13.) How erroneous the translation “little-ones” is may be…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all their wealth Or "power" F15 or "strength"; every thing that made them mighty and powerful; their …
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