Genesis 34:26

The NET Bible®

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne wt the edge of the sword, & tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way.

George Lamsa Translation
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechems house, and went out.

Hebrew Names Version
They killed Hamor and Shekhem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shekhem's house, and went away.

Easy-to-Read Version
Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

English Standard Version
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and went away.

American Standard Version
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

Bible in Basic English
And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

Contemporary English Version
including Hamor and Shechem. Then they took Dinah and left.

Complete Jewish Bible
They killed Hamor and Sh'khem his son with their swords, took Dinah out of Sh'khem's house, and left.

Darby Translation
And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

King James Version (1611)
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his sonne, with the edge of the sword, and tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went out.

Amplified Bible
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house [where she was staying], and left.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

English Revised Version
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

Berean Standard Bible
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

Lexham English Bible
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and they took Dinah from the house of Shechem and went out.

Literal Translation
And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword. And they took Dinah from the house of Shechem, and went out.

New Century Version
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem and then took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

New King James Version
And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went out.

New Living Translation
including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem's house and returned to their camp.

New Life Bible
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword. And they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hamor also, and Shechem his son, slew they with the edge of the sword, - and took Dinah out of the house of Shechem, and came forth,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina out of Sichem’s house.

Revised Standard Version
They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

Good News Translation
including Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.

King James Version
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thei killiden Emor and Sichem togidere, and token Dyna, her sistir, fro the hous of Sichem.

Young's Literal Translation
and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

World English Bible
They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

Update Bible Version
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way.

Christian Standard Bible®
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and slew Hemor also and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde, and toke their sister Dina out of Sichems house, and wente their waye.

New American Standard Bible
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.

New Revised Standard
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went forth.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

Contextual Overview

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. ²⁶ They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left. ²⁷ Jacob's sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated. ²⁸ They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields. ²⁹ They captured as plunder all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses. 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!" ³¹ But Simeon and Levi replied, "Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

edge: Heb. mouth, Deuteronomy 32:42, 2 Samuel 2:26, Isaiah 31:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 30:21 - and called Genesis 49:6 - a man Psalms 5:6 - the bloody Proverbs 27:3 - but Ecclesiastes 7:9 - anger

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 32:42
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh— the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy's leaders!'"

2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?"

Isaiah 31:8
Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword,.... Whom they had been just treating with in a seeming friendly manner: Shechem was the chief aggressor, and his crime was very heinous; but considering that he did all he could, after the fact was committed, to make recompence for the injury done, he deserved other treatment, at least mercy should have been shown him. Hamor, perhaps, was too indulgent to his son, connived at his sin, and did not punish him for it; and, it may be, approved of it, and now dies for it:

and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out; where she was kept from the time of her being ravished by Shechem, with an intention to marry her, could the consent of her parents and relations be obtained; for it does not appear that he kept her to carry on a criminal conversation with her, but a courtship in order to marriage.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Dinah’s Dishonor

This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.

Genesis 34:1-5

Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where he abode some time, and the neighborhood of Shekerm, where he had purchased a piece of ground. If we suppose Dinah to have been born in the same year with Joseph, who was in his seventeenth year at the time of his being sold as a bondslave Genesis 37:2, the events of this chapter must have occurred in the interval between the completion of her twelfth and that of her sixteenth year. “Shekem.” This name is hereditary in the family, and had taken hold in the locality before the time of Abraham. The Hivite was a descendant of Kenaan. We find this tribe now occupying the district where the Kenaanite was in possession at a former period Genesis 12:6. “Spake to the heart of the damsel.” After having robbed her of her honor, he promises to recognize her as his wife, provided he can gain the consent of her relatives. “Shekem spake unto his father Hamor.” He is in earnest about this matter. “Jacob held his peace.” He was a stranger in the land, and surrounded by a flourishing tribe, who were evidently unscrupulous in their conduct.

Genesis 34:6-17

A conference takes place between the parties. Hamer and Jacob, the parents on both sides, are the principals in the negotiation. The sons of Jacob, being brothers of the injured damsel, are present, according to custom. “Wrought fully in Israel;” a standing phrase from this time forward for any deed that was contrary to the sanctity which ought to characterize God’s holy people. Israel is used here to designate the descendants of Israel, the special people. Hamer makes his proposal. “Shekem, my son.” These words are a nominative pendent, for which “his soul” is substituted. He proposes a political alliance or amalgamation of the two tribes, to be sealed and actually effected by intermarriage. He offers to make them joint-possessors of the soil, and of the rights of dwelling, trading, and acquiring property. Shekem now speaks with becoming deference and earnestness.

He offers any amount of dowry, or bridal presents, and of gift to the mother and brothers of the bride. It must be acknowledged that the father and the son were disposed to make whatever amends they could for the grievous offence that had been committed. The sons of Jacob answer with deceit. They are burning with resentment of the wrong that “ought not to have been done,” and that cannot now be fully repaired. Yet they are in presence of a superior force, and therefore, resort to deceit. “And spake.” This goes along with the previous verb “answered,” and is meant to have the same qualification “with deceit.” The last clause of the verse then assigns the cause of this deceitful dealing. Their speech, for the matter of it, is reasonable. They cannot intermarry with the uncircumcised. Only on condition that every male be circumcised will they consent. On these terms they promise to “become one people” with them. Otherwise they take their daughter, and depart. Our daughter. They here speak as a family or race, and therefore, call Dinah their daughter, though her brothers are the speakers.

Genesis 34:18-24

Hamor and Shekem accept the terms, and immediately proceed to carry them into effect. It is testified of Shekem, that he delayed not to do the thing, and that he was more honorable than all his house. They bring the matter before their fellow-citizens, and urge them to adopt the rite of circumcision, on the ground that the men are peaceable, well-conducted, and they and their cattle and goods would be a valuable addition to the common wealth of their tribe. Hence, it appears that the population was still thin, that the neighboring territory was sufficient for a much larger number than its present occupants, and that a tribe found a real benefit in an accession to his numbers. The people were persuaded to comply with the terms proposed. There is nothing said here of the religious import of the rite, or of any diversity of worship that may have existed between the two parties. But it is not improbable that the Shekemites were prepared for mutual toleration, or even for the adoption of the religion of Israel in its external forms, though not perhaps to the exclusion of their own hereditary customs. It is also possible that the formal acknowledgment of the one true God was not yet extinct. Circumcision has been in use among the Egyptians, Colchians (Herodotus ii. 104), and other eastern nations; but when and how introduced we are not informed. The present narrative points out one way in which it may have spread from nation to nation.

Genesis 34:25-31

Simon and Levi, at the head no doubt of all their father’s men, now fall upon the Shekemites, when feverish with the circumcision, and put them to the sword. Simon and Levi were the sons of Leah, and therefore, full brothers of Dinah. If Dinah was of the same year as Joseph, they would be respectively seven and six years older than she was. If she was in her thirteenth year, they would therefore, be respectively in their twentieth and nineteenth years, and therefore, suited by age and passion for such an enterprise. All the sons of Jacob joined in the sacking of the city. They seized all their cattle and goods, and made captives of their wives and little ones. Jacob is greatly distressed by this outrage, which is equally contrary to his policy and his humanity. He sets before his sons, in this expostulation, the danger attendant upon such a proceeding. The “Kenaanite and the Perizzite,” whom Abraham found in the land on his return from Egypt Genesis 13:7. “I am a few men” - men of number that might easily be counted. I here denotes the family or tribe with all its dependents. When expanded, therefore, it is, “I and my house.” Simon and Levi have their reply. It justifies the retribution which has fallen on the Shekemites for this and all their other crimes. But it does not justify the executioners for taking the law into their own hands, or proceeding by fraud and indiscriminate slaughter. The employment of circumcision, too, which was the sign of the covenant of grace, as a means of deception, was a heinous aggravation of their offence.