Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
There are times when even the Christian might get ticked off, for one reason or another, and how persons handle volatile situations would speak volumes more, than any sermon that is preached. Back in the days of old, Jacob’s sons got very ticked off because of an injustice done to their sister, for it seems from the narrative that Shechem had had a nonconsensual sexual relation with Dinah, and this incident rankled in their minds, until they became chafed with anger.
What they did next actually put their entire family at risk of retribution, for they went up afterwards, and slew all the males of that city, and were it not for the interposing mercies of God, we would have read of a very different after-history. So yes, even though they were servants of the One true God, and even though they had a knowledge of God’s law, they got ticked off, and that is a red flag warning to all of us, who might seem to be so cool, and cute under favorable circumstances, but when some incident touches a raw nerve, a different side of us could be exposed.
Genesis 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
Genesis 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
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