Study it in the app“All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.”
Allכָּלwho went outיֹצְאֵיof the gateשַׁעַרof his cityעִירוֹlistenedוַיִּשְׁמְעוּto Hamorאֶל חֲמוֹרand to Shechemוְאֶל שְׁכֶםhis son,בְּנוֹand everyכָּלmaleזָכָרwas circumcised,וַיִּמֹּלוּallכָּלwho went outיֹצְאֵיof the gateשַׁעַרof his city.עִירוֹ
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishmu” appearsHamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsmale
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appearscircumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “yimolu” appearsShechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
23Their livestock, their property, and all their animals, will they not be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
24 · This verse (above)
25It happened on the third day, while they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, took each his sword and came upon the city, which was unsuspecting, and killed every male.
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?
