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Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
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A Sacred Sign Used for Deceit
Commentators explain that the sons of Jacob proposed circumcision not for genuine religious conversion, but as a deceitful tactic. Burning with resentment over the assault on their sister and being in the presence of a superior force, they used the sacred sign of the covenant as a tool for revenge. One scholar calls this use of a holy rite for deception a "heinous aggravation of their offense."
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.
(Genesis 34:1–5)
Dinah went out to see the daught…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But in this will we consent to you Upon the following condition, that Dinah should be given in marriage:
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