“ And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? ”
- Dinah’s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later per...
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...
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 unfrequen...
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? - On this outrage alone they vindicated their flagitious conduct. The word harlot fir...
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 w...
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.
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...
Jacob's Sons Spoil the Shechemites Genesis 34:18-31 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...
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...
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 di...
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...
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, an...
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...
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...
Murder of the Shechemites. B. C. 1732. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when the...
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 co...
‘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? Th...
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...
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 ladie...
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 TH...
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 reache...
The Revenge of Simeon and Levi
See on ver. Genesis 34:13 Genesis 49:7 Proverbs 6:34
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 at...