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But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.
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A Deceptive Ultimatum
Commentators explain that the sons' ultimatum—circumcision or they would take Dinah and leave—was not a genuine offer. It was a reasonable-sounding demand designed to deceive the Shechemites. As one scholar notes, their speech was filled with "deceit," using the sacred sign of the covenant as a tool for their planned revenge.
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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 if you will not hearken to us to be circumcised Will not agree to this condition, circumcision:
th…
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