WOW! Dinah’s brothers certainly took some drastic measures in their response to the rape. First of all they bargained with the men of Shechem to be circumcised, then while the men were still in pain, Dinah's brothers killed them. Wonder if it was all the brothers and how many men did they kill.
By the circumcision, they defiled the symbol of the covenant between God and Abraham.
Since Rachel had great difficulty in giving birth the birth of Benjamin may have been a breech birth. Interesting that this birth took place near Bethlehem.
Also interesting that Isaac lived many years after his "dying" blessing to Jacob.
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Doesn't it say that Simeon and Levi took their swords and killed all the males in the village?
And what's up with Jacob not dealing with the rape of his daughter on his own. Sounds kind of whimpy to me. It sounds like his sons reminded him of that when he chastized them.
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