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27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Genesis 34:27

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 25-31)

Here, we have Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob’s sons, young men not much above twenty years old, cutting the throats of the Shechemites, and thereby breaking the heart of their good father. I. Here is the barbarous murder of the Shechemites. Jacob himself was used to the sheep-hook, but his sons had got swords by their sides, as if they had been the seed of Esau, who was to live by his sword; we hav...

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