56 Heb “came upon the slain.” Because of this statement the preceding phrase “Jacob’s sons” is frequently taken to mean the other sons of Jacob besides Simeon and Levi, but the text does not clearly affirm this.
57 Heb “because they violated their sister.” The plural verb is active in form, but with no expressed subject, it may be translated passive.

In other versions

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.

Jacob’s sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

Meanwhile, the rest of Jacob’s sons arrived. Finding the men slaughtered, they plundered the town because their sister had been defiled there.

The other sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

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