ellauri156.html on line 299: The sequence of events, so far as David is concerned, can be enumerated in this way: (1) David stays in Jerusalem; (2) David stays in bed; (3) David sees Bathsheba bathing herself as he walks on his roof; (4) David sends and inquires about this woman; (5) David learns her identity and that she is married to a military hero; (6) David sends messengers to take her and bring her to him; (7) David lays with her; (8) Bathsheba goes back to her home after she purifies herself. This same sequence can be seen in a number of other texts, none of which is commendable. Shechem “saw, took, and lay with” Dinah, the daughter of Jacob in Genesis 34:2. Judah “saw, took, and went in to” the Canaanite woman he made his wife in Genesis 38:2-3. Achan “saw, coveted, and took” the forbidden spoils of war in Joshua 7:21. Samson did virtually the same in Judges 14. Let us not forget that a similar sequence occurred at the first sin when Eve “saw, desired, and took” the forbidden fruit in Genesis 3. (Thanx a lot Bob for this compendium. This will certainly come handy later on, when looking for something fun to read.)
ellauri171.html on line 504: 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 515: What happened to Dinah? "ithout giving any details of where she was or how it happened, the Bible simply says that Shechem, the son of the local ruler, took hold of her and and had sexual intercourse with her by force. There was seeing, desiring and taking just as there was with the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, where the pattern for sin had begun, tai vaikka jossain jäzkibaarissa.
ellauri171.html on line 517: But did Shechem take Dinah by force? There is much debate about this. Scholars argue that the words in the Bible text could mean something quite different: that Shechem had intercourse with her without following due procedure, without the correct formalities.
ellauri171.html on line 518: He and Dinah had sex without first having a marriage ceremony, and so Shechem has treated her as a harlot. He should have first approached her family and asked for her hand in marriage.
ellauri171.html on line 521: But Shechem falls passionately in love post coitum! So not at all what happened with Amnon. Dinah must have been a better lay. Now love complicates what would otherwise be the simple story of a violent crime. Shechem declared that he has fallen passionately in love with Dinah. He told her this, and he told anyone who would listen to him. He loved her tenderly – the words of the story imply longing, yearning, tenderness, not the usual feelings of a rapist.
ellauri171.html on line 528: Because of Shechem’s action, Dinah is an outcast. Lineage tree of the descendents of Sarah and Abraham. No mention of Dinah…
ellauri171.html on line 532: In this situation however, where his daughter is raped, he is quiet, keeping his counsel until his sons come back. Vitun setämies. Hamor, father of Shechem, arrives at the same time the sons do.
ellauri171.html on line 546: Shechem makes a further offer.
ellauri171.html on line 547: After his father has finished speaking, Shechem makes another offer: to give any marriage present they want, if he can marry Dinah. Stacks of Gold Coins! Referring to her, he uses the word ‘maiden’.
ellauri171.html on line 551: Shechem has injured their sister and dishonored their family.
ellauri171.html on line 554: In trying to repair the situation, Shechem and Hamor have made it worse.
ellauri171.html on line 558: 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 560: They ask that Shechem and all the able-bodied men of in his territory, all the men capable of going out to fight in an emergency, be circumcised.
ellauri171.html on line 563: Shechem agrees. He is the eldest son of his family, next in line to rule the city of Shechem, so all the men the city agree to be circumcised. He does not have to explain the reason for this uncomfortable operation: everyone knows what has happened.
ellauri171.html on line 567: They know this is the opportune time, since the third day after circumcision is the most painful, and is also the time when a fever is likely. The men of the city will be unable to retaliate. Simeon and Levi kill every able-bodied man in the city, including Shechem and his father Hamor.
ellauri171.html on line 578: They take Dinah out of Shechem’s house, where she has been living - for how long?
ellauri171.html on line 591: The brothers respond: should they have let their sister be treated like a whore? A whore receives financial advantage for sex, and they reproach Jacob for suggesting that the honour of the family can be restored by favours from the people of Shechem. They call Dinah ‘our sister’ rather than ‘your daughter’ – a reproach to their father.
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ellauri171.html on line 601: Shechem means ‘shoulder’ or ‘saddle’, the shape of mountains encircling ancient Shechem. He was the son of Hamor the Hivite.
ellauri238.html on line 916: as in the Bible story of Shechem and the sons of Jacob, kuten raamatun tarinassa Shekhemistä ja Jaakon pojista,
ellauri238.html on line 943: Jaakko ja hänen koko perheensä olivat jättäneet setänsä Laabanin ja olivat menossa takaisin kotiin isänsä Iisakin luo Mamreen (Hebron). He pysähtyi Shekhemissä, joka oli myös Hamor Horisijan pojan nimi, joka oli arvostetumpi kuin kukaan hänen klaanissaan. Shechem "otti ja makasi" Dinahin, Jaakon ja Lean tyttären, kanssa. Shekhem pyysi isäänsä "hankkimaan minulle tämän tytön vaimoksi", mutta mitä Shekhem oli mennyt tekemään herätti raivoa Israelissa. Jaakko ja pojat sopivat antaa Shekhemin mennä naimisiin Dinahin kanssa ja myös "mennä naimisiin heimot keskenään", jos KAIKKI Shechemin miehet ympärileikattaisiin. No sovittu. "Tuskansa kolmantena päivänä" Dinahin veljet Levi & Simeon kuitenkin "etenivät kaupunkia vastaan (vastoin sopimusta mutta) ilman ongelmia & murhasi kaikki miehet ja otti heidän sisarensa Dinahin." Sitten loput Jaakon pojista "seurasivat teurastusta" ja ottivat mitä tahansa he halusivat kaupungista, mukaan lukien wealth, naiset, lapset, ryöstösaalista & katraita. Jaakko oli kauhuissaan. Hän käski perhettään "hankkiutua eroon vieraista jumalista, puhdistakaa itsenne ja pukekaa päällenne puhtaat vaatteet... koska pojat nyt me mennään Beeteliin", jossa hän rakentaisi alttarin (ainoalle oikealle väärentämättömälle) Jumalalle. Kun he lähtivät Shekemistä, jumalaton kauhu putosi ympäröiviin kaupunkeihin tolleen noin, niin ettei kukaan ajanut heitä takaa. Tää on 1 rumimpia lukuja juutalaisten uroteoissa. Siihen on viitteitä jo monissa albumeissa, esim. albumissa 171.
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