SEV Biblia, Chapter 34:24
Y escucharon a Hamor y a Siquem su hijo todos los que salían por la puerta de la ciudad, y circuncidaron a todo varón, a cuantos salían por la puerta de su ciudad.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 34:24
Verse 24. Every male was circumcised] These simple people must have had very great affection for their chief and his son, or have been under the influence of the most passive obedience, to have come so readily into this measure, and to have submitted to this rite. But the petty princes in Asiatic countries have ever been absolute and despotic, their subjects paying them the most prompt and blind obedience. I shall give a few examples from Mr. Richardson's Dissertations.] ""Abu Thaher, chief of the Carmathians, about the year nine hundred and thirty, ravaged the territory of Mecca, defiled the temple, and destroyed nearly 40, 000 people. With only 500 horse he went to lay siege to Bagdad: the caliph's general, at the head of 30, 000 men, marched out to seize him, but before he attacked him he sent an officer to summon him to surrender. 'How many men has the caliph's general?' said Abu Thaher. 'Thirty thousand,' replied the officer. 'Among them all,' says the Carmathian chief, 'has he got three like mine?' Then, ordering his followers to approach, he commanded one to stab himself, another to throw himself from a precipice, and a third to plunge into the Tigris; all three instantly obeyed, and perished. Then turning to the officer, he said, 'He who has such troops needs not value the number of his enemies!' ""Hassan Sabat, one of those petty princes formerly known in Asia and Europe by the title Sheekh-ul-jibel, or old man of the mountain, being required by an ambassador to do homage to his master, the Sultan Malekshah Jelaleddin, without giving any answer, ordered one of his attendants to poniard himself, and another to leap from the battlements of the tower; and he was instantly obeyed! Then turning to the ambassador, he said, 'Seventy thousand are thus attentive to my commands. Let this be my answer. On a principle of this kind we may account for the prompt obedience of the people of Hamor.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 tru 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, an harden the hearts of many to destruction. The crimes of others form n excuse for us. Alas! how one sin leads on to another, and, like flame of fire, spread desolation in every direction! Foolish pleasures lea to seduction; seduction produces wrath; wrath thirsts for revenge; the thirst of revenge has recourse to treachery; treachery issues is murder; and murder is followed by other lawless actions. Were we to trace the history of unlawful commerce between the sexes, we shoul find it, more than any other sin, ending in blood __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁמעו 8085 אל 413 חמור 2544 ואל 413 שׁכם 7928 בנו 1121 כל 3605 יצאי 3318 שׁער 8179 עירו 5892 וימלו 4135 כל 3605 זכר 2145 כל 3605 יצאי 3318 שׁער 8179 עירו׃ 5892
