Podcast 294 -- Whose Honor? Genesis 34-35

We come to a story of bloody vengeance. Shechem, son of Hamor, kidnaps and rapes Dinah, Jacob’s daughter by Leah. Three days later, Jacob's sons Simeon and Levi slaughter all the men of the city and take Dinah back. The other sons follow and loot what's left. We’ve all heard the criticism from non-Christians: “What sort of God allows wholesale slaughter?” And Christians would rather look past some of the more violent episodes in the Old Testament. We don't. What went wrong here? What are the takeaways for believers in contemporary times? We also look at some of the places Jacob's story takes us, like Bethel and Shechem, and how they tend to recur throughout the Bible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.