Genesis 34:23-25
1599 Geneva Bible
23 Shall not [a]their flocks and their substance and all their cattle be ours? only let us consent herein unto them and they will dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor, and Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city: and all the men children were circumcised, even all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 And on the third day (when they were sore) two of the sons of Jacob, [b]Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and (A)slew [c]every male.
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- Genesis 34:23 Thus they lack no kind of persuasion, which prefer their own commodities before the commonwealth.
- Genesis 34:25 For they were the chief of the company.
- Genesis 34:25 The people are punished with their wicked princes.
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