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וַיָּבֹ֤א בֵית־אָבִיו֙ עָפְרָ֔תָה וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞ג אֶת־אֶחָ֧יו בְּנֵֽי־יְרֻבַּ֛עַל שִׁבְעִ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ עַל־אֶ֣בֶן אֶחָ֑ת וַיִּוָּתֵ֞ר יֹותָ֧ם בֶּן־יְרֻבַּ֛עַל הַקָּטֹ֖ן כִּ֥י נֶחְבָּֽא׃ And he came to the house of his father at ʿOfrah and he killed his brothers, the sons of Yerubbaʿal, seventy men on one stone, but Yotam, the youngest son of Yerubbaʿal, was left because he hid. Walking into Blood: Literary Setting Abimelekh’s entrance into ʿOfrah is more than a geographical move—it’s a theological one. This verse brims with action, but also treachery. The binyanim used here aren’t decorative—they are knives, masks, shields.… Learn Hebrew