Genesis

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NASB	Genesis 34:31 But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?"
AMPLIFIED 2015	Genesis 34:31 But they said, "Should he [be permitted to] treat our sister as a prostitute?"

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Subject: Rape, Circumcission, Slaughter.

Bible Note: Angel, I don't think my queries were particularly "liberal." Rather, I think it is important to look at characters' motivations in the text, and try to understand what is being described. The Bible often uses few words to describe an event, leaving many questions. The Old Testament, in particular, is full of ethically complicated situations ---- it is more like history than parables: the people are messed up (as we are) and aren't always good moral examples. There is not always a gloss on the story, where we are told "this was good" or "this was bad." We are left to wrestle it through.

As for the differences between Old Testament and New -- perhaps it is even more complicated than that. Can you imagine being Jacob, and only having the stories of the beginning of Genesis to work with? No liberation from Egypt to shape your understanding of God's liberty... No Ten commandments to shape your understanding of God's righteousness... With each covenant,
(Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David...) the picture of God becomes a little clearer.

As Joseph says, "Do not interpretations belong to God?" (Genesis 40:8).