King James Version
Genesis 34:29 in the King James Version says “And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.”
Genesis 34:29 · KJV
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all their wealth”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“even all that was in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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