Genesis 34 · Verse 27

Genesis 34:27

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis 34:27, King James Version

Genesis 34:27 in other translations

BSBJacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
WEBJacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
ASVThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
YLTJacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;
DARBYThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
BBEAnd the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;
WebsterThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city; because they had defiled their sister.

What does Genesis 34:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 The sons of Jacob - The rest of Jacob's sons, the remaining brothers of Simeon and Levi, spoiled the city. Though the others could slay the defenceless males, it was not likely that they could have carried away all the booty, with the women, children, and cattle; it is therefore most natural to suppose that the rest of the sons of Jacob assisted at last in the business.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 34:20-31

The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures us better than true religion, so nothing exposes us more than religion only pretended to. But Simeon and Levi were most unrighteous. Those who act wickedly, under the pretext of religion, are the worst enemies of the truth…

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Genesis 34:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
יַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
בָּ֚אוּBa.'uthey cameH935
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַ֣חֲלָלִ֔יםha.cha.la.Limthe [ones] slainH2491
וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּvai.ya.Vo.zuand they plunderedH962
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834
טִמְּא֖וּti.me.'Upeople had defiledH2930
אֲחוֹתָֽם\׃'a.cho.Tamsister theirH269

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 34:27

  • Esther 9:16

    But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

  • Joshua 7:1

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

  • Genesis 34:2

    And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

  • Joshua 7:13

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • Genesis 34:31

    And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

  • Esther 9:10

    The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

  • Exodus 2:14

    And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

  • Joshua 7:21

    When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

  • 1 Timothy 6:10

    For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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Context

  • Genesis 34:26

    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.

  • Genesis 34:27

    The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

  • Genesis 34:28

    They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

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Genesis 34:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Jacob vinieron á los muertos, y saquearon la ciudad; por cuanto habían amancillado á su hermana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les fils de Jacob se jetèrent sur les tués et pillèrent la ville, parce qu’on avait déshonoré leur sœur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Söhne Jakobs kamen über die Erschlagenen und plünderten die Stadt, weil sie ihre Schwester entehrt hatten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quibus egressis, irruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Jacob: et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri.