19 The young man was so smitten with Jacob's daughter that he proceeded to do what had been asked. He was also the most admired son in his father's family. (The Message)
Here is another chapter that would be easier to skip over than it might be to dig into and find wisdom that we can use for today. But to get the full effect of the Bible you have to read it all, not just what you want to read or what is easy. So we read the story of lust, infatuation, stupidity, and murder and ask what lessons might we learn?
Some thoughts to ponder and share with others:
- If you were to name the key players as good guys, bad guys, and innocent victims who would get what classification and why?
- What caused the trouble to begin with in this story and could it have been avoided?
- How do you think Dinah felt toward her brothers?
- What does if feel like to be in Jacob's shoes, to know that there has been a wrong done, but not be able to address it?
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