Women of the Bible – Dinah
Who was born
before Dinah? Gen. 30:20-21 _________________________________________
Who was born
after Dinah? Gen. 30-22-24 __________________________________________
It is
believed that Dinah would have been in her early teens at the time of Gen. 34.
Who were
Dinah’s parents? Gen. 34:1 ______________________________________________
Who did
Dinah go out to see? Gen. 34:1 ____________________________________________
Who saw her?
Gen. 34:2 _________________________________________________________
What did he
do to her? Gen. 34:2 __________________________________________________
How is the
relationship described from his point of view? Gen. 34:3 ______________________
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What did
Shechem ask of his father? Gen. 34:4 _______________________________________
How did Jacob react when he heard that his daughter had been
defiled? Gen. 34:5 __________
To whom did Hamor go to speak with?
Gen. 34:6 _____________________________________
How did Jacob’s sons respond when they heard what had
happened to Dinah? Gen. 34:7 _____
Why were
Dinah’s brothers angry? Gen. 34:7 _________________________________________
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How did Hamor explain his request? Gen. 34:8
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What else
did Hamor want allowed? Gen. 34:9-10
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What did
Shechem ask of Dinah’s family? Gen. 34:11-12 ________________________________
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How did the
sons of Jacob answer Shechem? Gen. 34:13 ________________________________
Why did the
sons of Jacob answer that way? Gen. 34:13 ________________________________
What was the
condition for consent? Gen. 34:14-17 ___________________________________
How did Hamor and Shechem react? Gen. 34:18
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Why didn’t Hamor delay in doing the thing? Gen. 34:19
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How is Hamor described? Gen. 34:19
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What motive
did Hamor share with the men of the city when
explaining why they should be circumcised? Gen. 34:20-23
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What did all
the males do? Gen. 34:24 ______________________________________________
Who went and
killed all the males on the third day when they were sore? Gen. 34:25
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After
killing Hamor and Shechem what did they do? Gen.
34:26 __________________________
Why did the
sons of Jacob plunder the city? Gen. 34:27 ________________________________
Hamor had
thought he would get all the Israelites livestock, property and animals and
daughters, but who got all Hamor’s things? Gen.
34:28-29 ______________________________
What was
Jacob’s attitude toward his son’s behavior? Gen. 34:30 _______________________
Why? Gen.
34:30 _______________________________________________________________
How did his
son’s answer Jacob? Gen. 34:31 __________________________________________
We are not
told what Dinah thought about all that was going on.
How would
you have felt? ________________________________________________________
The Law of
Moses came after Genesis, but what was the rule for rape? Ex. 22:16-17 _________
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How did
Tamar plead with her half-brother Amnon before he raped her? 2 Sam. 13:12-13
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Dinah’s name
is mentioned in Gen. 46:15. Where did she go with the rest of her family? Gen.
46:26 _______________________________________________________________________
Dinah’s
brothers took justice into their own hands – murdering and looting. What does
God say about vengeance in Rom. 12:17-21 _______________________________________________