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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 34:24

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city, etc.] That is, all the inhabitants of the city who came to the gate of it, upon the summons given them, and departed from thence to their habitations, having a great opinion of their prince and his son; and moved either with awe of them or love to them, and influenced both by their arguments and example, they agreed to what was proposed to them: and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city; all the men citizens; and not only the adult, and who now went out by the gate of the city, but all their male children likewise were circumcised.
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