Another story you won’t hear in Sunday School (from Genesis 34)…
When Jacob’s daughter Dinah was out visiting the women in her neighborhood, a young man named Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite (who was ruler of the area) decided to have his way with her and raped her.
Hamor, realizing what his son had done, went to Jacob to make marriage arrangements with Jacob.
Hamor told Jacob and his sons, “My son Shechem is head over heels in love with your daughter—give her to him as his wife. Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and we’ll give our daughters to you. Live together with us as one family. Settle down among us and make yourselves at home. Prosper among us.”
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