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Verse Genesis 34:31. _SHOULD HE DEAL WITH OUR SISTER AS WITH A
HARLOT?_] On this outrage alone they vindicated their flagitious
conduct. The word _harlot_ first occurs here: the original is not
פילגש...
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- Dinah’s Dishonor
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her
brothers.
Genesis 34:1
Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of
a later period fix the...
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CHAPTER 34 DEFILEMENT OF DINAH
_ 1. The defilement (Genesis 34:1)_
2. Hamor's proposal (Genesis 34:4)
3. The deceitful answer of Jacob's sons (Genesis 34:13)
4. The males of Shechem slain (Genesis...
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GENESIS 34. SHECHEM'S OUTRAGE ON DINAH AVENGED. It is generally agreed
that two sources have been used, but much uncertainty prevails as to
their identity and extent, while in view of the priestly phr...
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_Should he deal_ Simeon and Levi regard the incident as one in which
the honour of the clan was involved, and as if they had only one
course of action to follow with regard to Shechem and Hamor....
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DISCOURSE: 49
SLAUGHTER OF THE SHECHEMITES
Genesis 34:31. _And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with
an harlot?_
THE life of man is continually exposed to trouble; and not
unfrequently wa...
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PART FORTY-THREE
THE STORY OF JACOB: INCIDENTS IN CANAAN
(Genesis 34:1 to Genesis 35:28)
The Biblical Account
1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob went out to
see the daughters...
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_AND THEY SAID, SHOULD HE DEAL WITH OUR SISTER AS WITH AN HARLOT?_
Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? The brothers were,
by consuetudinary right, the guardians of the honour as well as...
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THE DISHONOUR DONE TO DINAH, AND THE CRAFTY REVENGE OF SIMEON AND LEVI
1. Went out to see the daughters of the land] According to Josephus
there was a festival among the Canaanites at Shechem....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 34
SHECHEM WANTS TO MARRY DINAH
V1 Now Dinah was Leah’s daughter and her father was Jacob. Dinah
went out to visit the women who lived in *Canaan....
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his de...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֑וּ הַ כְ זֹונָ֕ה יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה
אֶת ־אֲחֹותֵֽנוּ׃ פ...
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JACOB'S SONS SPOIL THE SHECHEMITES
Genesis 34:18
It is not easy to steer our family life amid the rocks and quicksands
of present-day worldliness; but we shall not prosper by using the
world's weapon...
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When Jacob parted from Esau he should have gone directly to Beth-el.
The previous chapter shows that he did not do so but tarried at
Shechem. Unquestionably, this was a mistake. There is nothing more...
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DECEPTION AND SLAUGHTER
Jacob's sons agreed to the marriage contract, but the text tells us
they were acting deceitfully. They told Hamor they could not allow one
of the women of Israel to marry an u...
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_Should they, &c. This answer, full of insolence, to a father who was
as much hurt by the indignity offered to Dina as they could be,
heightens their crime. Sichem was the only one among the citizens...
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REFLECTIONS
How dreadful the effect of unbridled passions! What sad events have
been induced by their indulgence in all ages. And what is the whole
history of mankind since the fall, but the same dis...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35.
I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the
Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not
possessed; bu...
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AND THEY SAID,.... Simeon and Levi, in a very pert and unseemly
manner:
SHOULD HE DEAL WITH OUR SISTER AS WITH AN HARLOT? make a whore of her,
and then keep her in his house as such? is this to be bo...
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_And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?_
Ver. 31. _Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?_] Why, no:
but should you therefore speak so boldly to your father, and...
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_Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?_ No, he should not;
but, if he do, must they be their own avengers? and nothing less than
so many lives, and the ruin of a whole city, serve to atone...
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[DINAH DEFILED.]
1 Dinah is rauished by Shechem.
4 He sueth to marry her.
13 The sonnes of Iacob offer the condition of Circumcision to the
Shechemites.
20 Hamor and Shechem perswade them to accep...
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The Revenge of Simeon and Levi...
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SIXTH SECTION
_Jacobs settlement in Canaan. At Succoth. At Shechem. Dinah. Simeon
and Levi. The first manifestation of Jewish fanaticism. Jacob’s
rebuke, and removal to Bethel_
GENESIS 33:17 TO GENE...
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SHAMEFUL SIN IN JACOB'S HOUSE
Jacob had been concerned about his own house: now he must learn
through painful experience that when he puts his house first, he will
find trouble and sorrow from his ho...
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20-31 The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a
turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was
just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures u...
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Shall we express no more resentment of this abominable abuse of our
sister, than if she had been some common harlot, whose abuse no man
either regardeth or revengeth? Thus they excuse one fault by
com...
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These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the
principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before
us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
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Genesis 34:31 said H559 (H8799) treat H6213 (H8799) sister H269 harlot
H2181 (H8802)
GENESIS 34:13, GENESIS 49:7; PROVERBS 6:34...
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‘And they said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a common
prostitute?” '
They are justifiably indignant. It is they who have been wronged. What
else could they do and retain their honour? Thei...
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CONTENTS: Harvest of evil years comes on Jacob and family. Dinah
defiled and the bloody revenge.
CHARACTERS: Dinah, Jacob, Hamor, sons of Jacob, Simeon, Levi.
CONCLUSION: Untaught maidens who go out...
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Genesis 34:1. _Dinah._ One of the oldest of Jacob's daughters, for he
had many: Genesis 37:35. Josephus intimates that it was a festival
day, and it is probable that she had been invited by ladies wit...
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_They slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and
took Dinah out of Shechem’s house_
THE PUNISHMENT OF DINAH’S DISHONOUR
I. IT WAS PROMPTED BY A FEELING OF VENGEANCE AGAINST THE D...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 34:1 Almost as soon as Jacob returns to
Canaan, an incident threatens the future security of his family. While
the rape of Dinah by Shechem is inexcusable, the retribution by S...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 34:6. Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out unto Jacob to
commune with him.] In Oriental countries the fathers arrange the
marriages of their children.
GENESIS 34:7. WROUGHT...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 34:1
AND DINAH THE DAUGHTER OF LEAH, WHICH SHE BARE UNTO JACOB,—if Dinah
was born before Joseph (Genesis 30:21) she was probably in her seventh
year when Jacob reached Succoth (Gen...
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Now there's a time gap between Chapter s thirty-three and thirty-four
because at the time that they had left the land of Padanaram, Dinah
was less than six years old. And now she comes into the story...
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See on ver. Genesis 34:13 Genesis 49:7 Proverbs 6:34...
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Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? — No, he should
not; but, if he do, Must they be their own avengers? And nothing less
than so many lives, and the ruin of a whole city, serve to atone...