Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 34:7

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 34:7 - 34:7

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 34:7 - 34:7

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

34:1 - 34:1
34:2 - 34:2
34:3 - 34:3
34:7 - 34:7
34:12 - 34:12
34:13 - 34:13
34:14 - 34:14
34:17 - 34:17
34:23 - 34:23
34:24 - 34:24
34:25 - 34:25
34:27 - 34:27
34:30 - 34:30
34:31 - 34:31

He had wrought folly in Israel - The land, afterwards generally called Israel, was not as yet so named; and the sons of Jacob were neither called Israel, Israelites nor Jews, till long after this. How then can it be said that Shechem had wrought folly in Israel? The words are capable of a more literal translation: בישראל beyisrael, may be translated, against Israel. The angel had said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob - not only Jacob, but Israel. It was this that aggravated the offense of Shechem; he wrought folly against Israel, the prince of God, in lying with the daughter of Jacob. Here both the names are given; Jacob, whose daughter was defiled, and Israel, the prince of God, against whom the offense was committed.