Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 34:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 34:5 - 34:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 34:5 - 34:5

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34:1 - 34:1
34:5 - 34:5
34:6 - 34:6
34:7 - 34:7
34:8 - 34:8
34:11 - 34:11
34:12 - 34:12
34:13 - 34:13
34:20 - 34:20
34:30 - 34:30

Jacob held his peace - Jacob, as a father and a good man, must have been deeply distressed. But he could do little. In the case of a family by different wives, it is not the father, but the full brothers, on whom the protection of the daughters devolves - they are the guardians of a sister’s welfare and the avengers of her wrongs. It was for this reason that Simeon and Levi, the two brothers of Dinah by Leah [Gen 34:25], appear the chief actors in this episode; and though the two fathers would have probably brought about an amicable arrangement of the affair, the hasty arrival of these enraged brothers introduced a new element into the negotiations.