Genesis 34:29

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 34:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.
Genesis 34:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 34

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And all their wealth, etc.] Or “power” f1572 or “strength”; every thing that made them mighty and powerful; their gold and silver, their jewels, and rich furniture of their houses, their arms and weapons of war, their goods and substance, in which they trafficked: and all their little ones and their wives took theft captive: they spared the women and children, as was usual war, and in the plunder of towns and cities: and spoiled even all that [was] in the house; of Shechem or Hamor, or in any of the houses of the inhabitants; they rifled and plundered everyone, and took away whatsoever they found in them; but as Jacob disapproved of this unjust, cruel, bloody, and perfidious action, so no…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“- Dinah’s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where he abode some time, and the neighborhood of Shekerm, where he had purchased a piece of ground. If we suppose Dinah to have been born in the same year with Joseph, who was in his seventeenth year at the time of his being sold as a bondslave Genesis 37:2,…”
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