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Ramban on Genesis 34:21/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ד:כ״א
אשְׁלֵמִים הֵם אִתָּנוּ הָיוּ אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר חוֹשְׁבִים שֶׁהָיוּ שׂוֹנְאִים אוֹתָם כִּי רָאוּ אוֹתָם עֲצֵבִים וַיִּחַר לָהֶם מְאֹד, וְאוּלַי הָיוּ נִשְׁמָרִים מֵהֶם וְנוֹתְנִים בְּעִירָם בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתַיִם כִּי גִּבּוֹרִים הֵמָּה וְאַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמִּלְחָמָה, וְעַתָּה אָמְרוּ לָהֶם אַל תִּפְחֲדוּ וְאַל תִּתְרַחֲקוּ מֵהֶם כִּי בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם הֵם אִתָּנוּ:
1THESE MEN ARE PEACEABLE WITH US. The men of the city thought that they hated them as they saw them dejected, and it angered them very much. Perhaps they guarded themselves against them and installed in their city bars and doors, for Jacob’s sons were mighty men and valiant men for the war.174 But now Hamor and his son Shechem told them, “Do not fear and do not keep distant from them for they are whole-hearted with us.”