Genesis 34:25

²³ Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

²⁴ All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

²⁶ They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

²⁷ Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

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BSB: Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
KJV: And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
WEB: On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
ASV: And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah`s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
DARBY: And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
BLB: And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, and they came upon the city boldly and they killed every male.

ÅB: Men på den tredje dag, da de var syke av sine sår, da tok Jakobs to sønner, Simeon og Levi, Dinas brødre, hver sitt sverd, og de kom uforvarende over byen og slo alt mannkjønn ihjel.
OTB: Tre dager senere, mens de fortsatt hadde vondt, tok to av Jakobs sønner, Simeon og Levi, Dinahs brødre, sine sverd og angrep den intetanende byen og drepte alle mennene.
B1930: Men på den tredje dag, da de var syke av sine sår, da tok Jakobs to sønner, Simeon og Levi, Dinas brødre, hver sitt sverd, og de kom uforvarende over byen og slo alt mannkjønn ihjel.

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Genesis 49:5–7
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
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Genesis 29:33–34
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
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2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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Numbers 31:17
So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
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Proverbs 6:34–35
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
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Joshua 5:8
And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
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Numbers 31:7
Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
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Joshua 5:6
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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