The Defiling of Dinah
1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. 2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. 3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly. 4So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
5Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he held his peace until they returned. 6Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. 7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Jacob is partly at fault because he compromised and didn’t go where God wanted him to which put his family at risk. He decided to live near this ungodly Canaanite city where unaccompanied women were commonly were raped.
He didn’t act like the head of the family showing outrage when he heard of what happened (he held his peace) causing his sons to take matters into their own hands.
Compromise has consequences!
What kind of message did he display to his children when he met Esau and said he would catch up to him in several days and then went in the opposite direction? Deception.....
Deception and revenge are at hand, stay tuned.
Blessings, David
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