ellauri171.html on line 500: The young girl Dinah is seized and raped by Shechem. Shechem tries to atone. He falls in love with Dinah and offers to marry her. He also offers compensation to her family. Jacob accepts the young man’s attempt at reconciliation, but his sons do not. They plan to murder Shechem and all the men of the city. Dinah’s brothers massacre the men of the city, including Shechem, and enslave the women and children. Dinah’s fate is unknown.
ellauri171.html on line 520: Dinah’s feelings are not recorded, so we have no way of knowing what they were. Niin aina.
ellauri171.html on line 530: When Dinah’s brothers heard what had happened, they were very angry. The verb used to describe their emotion is the same as the word used to describe God’s grief when he sees what humanity has become, before the Flood (Genesis 6:6)
ellauri171.html on line 554: There is deep anger in the hearts of Dinah’s brothers, and they want justice, not compensation. They set out to deceive Shechem and his father.
ellauri171.html on line 561: Three days later, when all the recently circumcised men are still in pain, two of Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi, enter the unguarded city and attack the newly-circumcised men. No voi vittu mitä perseitä! Just tällästä voi GT-sählämeiltä odottaa!
ellauri171.html on line 590: Perhaps the most disturbing thing is that, through it all, Dinah’s voice is not heard.
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Names in Dinah’s story

ellauri171.html on line 603: Once a sin is committed, it cannot be undone, no matter how you try. Dinah’s brothers are right about this.
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