Did God call Jacob to go to Shechem? Absolutely not! Okay, technically it’s in the promised land. But it’s not where God called Jacob to go. He was supposed to travel to Hebron. And as we have already seen, in the final analysis, this “partial obedience” resulted in the rape of his daughter and the […]

But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me trouble by making me stink in the opinion of the local inhabitants, the Kena‘ani and the P’rizi. Since I don’t have many people, they’ll align themselves together against me and attack me; and I will be destroyed, I and my household.”–Genesis 34:30 So King […]

“Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him just as Jacob’s sons were coming in from the field. When they heard what had happened, the men were saddened and were very angry at the outrage this man had committed against Isra’el by raping Jacob’s daughter, something that is simply not done.“-Genesis […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 34. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Bible, click here. “One time Dinah the daughter of Le’ah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the local girls; and Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the local ruler, saw her, grabbed her, […]

 “After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.”-Genesis 33:18 So once again history repeats itself. We are told that Jacob transports himself and all his camp to an area called Shechem. Let’s take a look back to Genesis 12:6. “Abram traveled through […]