Genesis 34:28

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;

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 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and despoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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;
29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives took they captive, and despoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me to make me a stench among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house."
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