you know in Genesis 34 the bible tells the story of dinah.. who was the daughter of jacob and leah and a man who was a prince of a place called shechem saw her and raped her... after that he loved her... and wanted to marry her... he begged them to let him marry her...
well she couldn't marry him... he was a heathen for one thing and he raped her for the other! so the brothers devise a plan... they tell him that if the whole encampment will be circumcised, then they will allow him to marry her.. but she couldn't marry him while he is still considered a heathen and ungodly...
so these men.. the whole town or encampment or whatever... they all get circumcised... while they are not healed and in pain... the brothers of dinah come in and kill them all...
I feel like this was harsh... well.. not that I condone the rape.. really... that is probably one of my greatest fears in life is to be raped... so I am not really on his side.. I just think that afterwards.. he realizes he is an idiot.. he wants to marry her and love her... and what else is left for her in this life? no other man would want her.... and they not only killed the man that did it.. the kill ALL the men....
as I had stated the first time I wrote about dinah... there is writing out there that states that dinah became the second wife of job.. the one that would have experienced double with him.. while we don't know if this is true or not.. I would like to believe that it is.. that God still gave her a good life after the terrible start that she had had....
I am thankful God will give us all a good ending after a rough beginning...
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