Genesis 34:28

28 They took the sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city or out in the fields.

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 including Hamor and his son Shechem. They took Dinah from Shechem's home and left.
27 Then Jacob's sons stripped the corpses and looted the city where their sister had been dishonored.
28 They took the sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city or out in the fields.
29 They carried off all the wealth and all the women and children and looted everything in the houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have caused me a lot of trouble! You've made the people living in the area, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, hate me. There are only a few of us. If they join forces against me and attack me, my family and I will be wiped out."
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