Genesis 34

We thank you God that this is the day that You have made and we shall be glad and rejoice in it. Thank you for Your Word Father and as always, may You speak to us and give us understanding in all things in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Genesis chapter 34 starts off with Leah and Jacob's daughter, Dinah taking a tour around the new land they had recently moved to as a family. During her personal tour of this land, she was kidnapped and defiled by a prince of the country called Shechem (Genesis 34:2). After he did this, he and his father went to Jacob to ask for her hand in marriage. However Jacob's sons were with the livestock at the time and Genesis 34:5 reads, "...so Jacob held his peace until they came." When his sons came, they were furious that this had happened to their sister. However, Shechem was willing to pay anything to marry Dinah (Genesis 33:13).

Jacob's sons agreed to marriage arrangements on condition that all the men in Shechem's city were circumcised as they were (Genesis 34:16).

Shechem and his father, Hamor returned to their city and informed all the men to get circumcised in their land as that would enable Jacob's family to give his daughters in marriage to them and they in turn would also give away their daughters to Jacob's sons (Genesis 34:21-23).

While all the men in Shechem and Hamor's city were circumcised (Genesis 34:24), Simeon and Levi decided to avenge their sister's death by killing every man in that city including the prince Shechem, his father Hamor and plundered the city as they originally planned to attack them during their circumcision healing (Genesis 34:25-29).

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Cananites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me ans kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I." (Genesis 34:30 NKJV).

Despite their father's agony, Simeon and Levi did not acknowledge or apologize for their wrong of murdering people in cold blood. Instead they responded to their father, "Should he treat our sister like a harlot." (Genesis 34:31).

I'll end with this Word found in Psalm 121:1-2 (NKJV)

"1.I will lift up my eyes to the hills - from whence comes my help?

2.My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth."

AMEN. Thank you LORD

Invitation to salvation: I invite you to make this confession that invites you to new covenant that is found in the precious blood of Jesus Christ where we get to have a personal relationship with God, the Father and are kept safe in all of His blessings for His children:

"I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that; Jesus Christ, the Son of God came in a human body to die for my sins so that I could have a new life where I am dead to sin and alive to God. I repent of my past sins and enter the Kingdom of light where I choose relationship with Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour and with God as my loving Father today and forever." AMEN.

Congratulations, by grace you are saved and are now a new creation in Christ Jesus. The old life has passed away and you have received the free gift of salvation into your life (2 Corinthians 5:17) where you get to freely access everything I've shared in this post. To the glory of the Almighty God. Amen.

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PS: Remember to read Genesis 34 alongside this post in your personal devotional time and share your thoughts in the comments below!