28They 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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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. …
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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