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translationWords
- en:tw:circumcise
- en:tw:hamor
- en:tw:house
- en:tw:jacob
- en:tw:levite
- en:tw:shechem
- en:tw:simeon
- en:tw:sword
translationNotes
- Every male was circumcised - Alternate translation: "So Hamor and Shechem had someone circumcise all the men." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
- On the third day - "After two days"
- when they were very sore - "when the men of the city were very sore"
- each man took his sword - "took their swords"
- went to the unsuspecting city - "entered the city where the people did not think the Israelites would harm them"
- and killed all the males - This can be translated as a new sentence: "Simeon and Levi killed all the men of the city."
- with the edge of the sword - "with their swords"