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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?" |
Subject: Rape, Circumcission, Slaughter. |
Bible Note: Hi, JRM! This is exactly my point! Jacob could not have blessed their actions; yet he knew that Dinah's rape had to be revenged... it was the law of the land: the weak perish under the oppression of the mightly... Jacob even dreaded the actions that the Canaanites and the other dwellers of the land would take against him and his family... Yahweh's command to Jacob to move away from the immideate geographical area, followed by the terror imposed on the Canaanites and others (perhaps including the massacre committed by Simeon and Levi) kept Israel from being retaliated against! Yet, as a servant of Yahweh, Jacob (much like God and David--2 Samuel 7:4-13; 1 Kings 5:3; 8:17-20, could not bless Simeon and Levi who shed so much blood out of anger! Still, even as this unfolds, I see Yahweh's Plan being fulfilled as Jacob's curse demands Levi's dispersion amongst Israel--yet, in His Wisdom and Mercy, He rescues Levi in his children (Exodus 32:26-28), and separates the scattered Levites onto Himself as the priestly tribe! God Bless! Angel |