Genesis 34:28

28 They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.

Genesis 34:28 in Other Translations

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,

28 They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.

28 They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.

28 Flocks, herds, donkeys, belongings - everything, whether in the city or the fields - they took.

28 They took their sheep, cattle, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.

Genesis 34:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:28

They took their sheep, their oxen, and their asses
The Shechemites hoped to have the cattle and substance of Jacob's family, and in a hypocritical manner submitted to circumcision, for the sake of worldly advantage; for that, and pleasing their prince, seem to be the only views they had in it; wherefore, in this there is a just retaliation of them in Providence:

and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field;
the cattle that were kept at home, and those that were brought up in the field, all became a prey.

Genesis 34:28 In-Context

26 They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.

27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.

28 They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.

29 They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 43:18
• 2. S ver 23