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Vengeance and Plunder
Genesis 34:25-29
25
On the third day after the circumcision, when they were in pain, two of Ya'akov's sons, Shim'on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords, boldly descended on the city and slaughtered all the males.
26
They killed Hamor and Sh'khem his son with their swords, took Dinah out of Sh'khem's house, and left.
27
Then the sons of Ya'akov entered over the dead bodies of those who had been slaughtered and plundered the city in reprisal for defiling their sister.
28
They took their flocks, cattle and donkeys, and everything else, whether in the city or in the field,
29
everything they owned. Their children and wives they took captive, and they looted whatever was in the houses.
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