Genesis 34
The Massacre at Shechem

Delayed obedience is disobedience

Gen 31:3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

Gen 31:13 Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.'"

“When the Bible shows its leaders and heroes in such terrible, stark truth, we can know for sure that it is a book from God. Men don't write about themselves and their ancestors like this.”

V.1-2 Dinah- Justice

Dinah was the daughter of Leah. The one he didn’t _______________.

How much time did Jacob spend with Dinah?

Dads if you don't give ____________________ to your daughters they will look for it elsewhere.

V. 1b “went to visit the women of the land”- be very careful where you go and who you associate with

If you have a dad that’s a little too protective, ___________________ God!!

V. 3

1. “His heart was drawn to Dinah”- God’s way.

Sexual intercourse is supposed to produce a _______________________.

Matt 19:4 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' 5 and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? 6 So they are no longer two, but one.

2. “and he loved the girl’- Not Biblical or Godly

He didn’t love Dinah for what he could _________________ her.

3. “spoke tenderly to her”- Typical in abusive relationships.

V.4 “Get me this girl as my wife”

Robertson Davies, “A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.”

Gal 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

V.5
· No plan.
· No prayer.
· No pursuit of God

Husbands, our God-given role is to _________________.

V.7 "Something that should not be done"- No moral relativist

V.8-12 No _________________

V.13-17

“You ________________ to our religion and you can have what you’re asking for.”

**Before you even start dating/courting that someone become a _____________ _________________.

V.18 False conversion

V.19-26 True motivation/Not innocent bystanders


V.27-29 They should be _________________!

Rom 12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.

V.30 This is not how daddy’s should _______________

Life lessons:

Shechem-. One simple choice had life-ending ________________________.

1 Thess 5:6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.

1 Peter 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

How can we live pure?

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope-the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Dinah- Live within the boundaries

Jacob- Don’t be a passive leader.

Delayed obedience is disobedience.