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,
28 They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.
28 They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.
28 Flocks, herds, donkeys, belongings - everything, whether in the city or the fields - they took.
28 They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field,
28 They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys-everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 34:28
Commentary on Genesis 34:20-31
(Read Genesis 34:20-31)
The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures us better than true religion, so nothing exposes us more than religion only pretended to. But Simeon and Levi were most unrighteous. Those who act wickedly, under the pretext of religion, are the worst enemies of the truth, and harden the hearts of many to destruction. The crimes of others form no excuse for us. Alas! how one sin leads on to another, and, like flames of fire, spread desolation in every direction! Foolish pleasures lead to seduction; seduction produces wrath; wrath thirsts for revenge; the thirst of revenge has recourse to treachery; treachery issues in murder; and murder is followed by other lawless actions. Were we to trace the history of unlawful commerce between the sexes, we should find it, more than any other sin, ending in blood.