Genesis 34

Genesis 34

This chapter details a tragic and violent incident involving Dinah, Jacob's daughter, who is defiled by Shechem, the son of the local ruler Hamor. Hamor proposes that the families intermarry. Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi, plot revenge. They deceitfully tell Hamor and Shechem that they must all be circumcised to intermarry. While the men are in pain from the surgery, Simeon and Levi brutally attack the city, killing every male, including Hamor and Shechem, and plunder the city. Jacob is furious, fearing retaliation from the surrounding people.

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Judges 10

The cycle continues. The people turn to idol worship, and the Ammonites oppress them. God raises the judges Tola and Jair, who serve to deliver Israel from its oppressors.

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The Gileadites appoint Jephthah, the son of a prostitute, as their leader. Jephthah makes a rash vow to God: if victorious, he will sacrifice the first thing that comes from his house—which turns out to be his daughter.

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