John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 34:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They took their sheep, their oxen, and their asses, etc.] The Shechemites hoped to have the cattle and substance of Jacob’s family, and in a hypocritical manner submitted to circumcision, for the sake of worldly advantage; for that, and pleasing their prince, seem to be the only views they had in it; wherefore, in this there is a just retaliation of them in Providence: and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field; the cattle that were kept at home, and those that were brought up in the field, all became a prey.

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