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Gen 34:20

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Gen 34:20 · Douay-Rheims
“And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:”
Patristic before A.D. 750
420
A.D.
Jerome Patristic
c. A.D. 347–420
“(Chapter 34, Verse 20) And Emor and his son Sichem came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of the city, saying, these men are peaceful with us. Where now the Septuagint translated it as 'peaceful', Aquila interpreted it as 'consummated' or 'perfected', for which in Hebrew it is read () Salamim. From this it is clear that what we said above about Salem is true.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.