25 On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi,(A) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away. 27 Jacob’s sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. 29 They captured all their possessions, dependents, and wives and plundered everything in the houses.

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25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,(A) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon(B) and Levi,(C) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords(D) and attacked the unsuspecting city,(E) killing every male.(F) 26 They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword(G) and took Dinah(H) from Shechem’s house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city(I) where[a] their sister had been defiled.(J) 28 They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys(K) and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.(L) 29 They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children,(M) taking as plunder(N) everything in the houses.(O)

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  1. Genesis 34:27 Or because

32 Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(A) were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.[a](B) It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

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  1. 24:32 Lit a hundred qesitahs

32 And Joseph’s bones,(A) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(B) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(C) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

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  1. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

so he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property[a] that Jacob(A) had given his son Joseph.(B)

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  1. 4:5 Lit piece of land

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A)

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