And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
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Interpretation
Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger.
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This thought runs through Genesis 34:12-16.
Glossary
- Dinah Person
- Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi ( Gen. 30:21 ). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem.