Tag Archives: Genesis 34

consequences of avenging a rape

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 34:13-31 13 But sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor treacherously, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister. 14 They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a person who is … Continue reading →

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life after a rape

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 34:1-12 Now Dinah (the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob), went out to see the women of the land. 2 But when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, a leader of the land, saw her, … Continue reading →

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Jacob: tragedy at Shechem

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 34.  Two wrongs do not make a right.  The rape of Dinah by Shechem was inexcusable.  But the treachery of Jacob’s sons in insisting that the men of the town be circumcised – only to weaken them so that … Continue reading →

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