Genesis 34:27

27 And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;

Genesis 34:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:27

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain
That is, the rest of them, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it; understanding what their two brothers had done, they came and joined them, and partook of stripping the slain of their clothes, or from them what they found of any worth about them:

and spoiled the city;
plundered it of all its goods and substance, spoiled all the inhabitants of it of their wealth:

because they had defiled their sister;
one of them had done it, which is imputed to them all, they not restraining him from it, when it was in their power; and perhaps approving of it, and made a laugh of and jest at it; or however did not punish him for it.

Genesis 34:27 In-Context

25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.

26 They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

27 And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;

28 they took their flocks and their herds, their asses, and whatever was in the city and in the field;

29 all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.