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Dinah is violated and Shechem is destroyed
Shechem son of Hamor violated Dinah and then sought to marry her. Simeon and Levi used the proposed covenant of circumcision deceitfully, killed the city's males, and brought Jacob's household into danger (Genesis 34:1-31).
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π Genesis 34:1β3
1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. 2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. 3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
Sources: Scripture β Genesis 34:1-31
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