Dinah's story

[AgapeBible]

In Genesis 34:1-31, we read of the tragic story of Joseph's half-sister Dinah, a girl on the edge of womanhood who is violated, seduced, dishonored, and then the young man who 'date rapes' her claims to love her and wants her for his wife. Her brothers deceive this young man who is the son of the cheif of a local town into thinking that they will make peace with him, settle down and intermarry with their people, but first the townspeople must circumcize every male, like the Hebrews are circumcized. The man in love with Dinah and his people do this, then Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi take their swords and attack the town, killing every male. They attacked when the town was weak and defenseless, for the men were in pain from being circumcized. They took their sister DInah out of Shechem's house, (that is the name of the man who raped her and wanted to marry her.) and left a bunch of corpses and weeping widows and orphans in the town.

Then, Dinah's other rothers came across the bloody slaughter and plundered the place, they took all the livestock, the donkeys, goats, sheep, cattle, everything in the houses, and the women and children as slaves. Jacob was upset about what his sons had done, he said his sons had brought trouble upon him.

 

[WagginDog]

This story is included in the Bible as a constant reminder to Judah not to get carried away in anger and haste, making the same mistakes that Levi and Simeon made which cost them. Because they lost their heads, Jacob put them behind Judah in importance. Jacob's three firstborn sons were Reuben, then Simeon and finally Levi. Reuben had already lost his place which made Simeon next in line, but Simeon and Levi lost their places when they massacred that town.

Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Gen 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Psalm 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.