Terms of the Deal
Gen 34:-21
“Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Schechem”… It is the brothers who convince Schechem and his father, the king, to not only circumcise themselves, but in a test of their leadership, they must persuade all the men of their city to do the same. He must have been a persuasive talker.
Van Gogh is said to have cut off his ear for love, but even he didn’t convince the villagers of his home town to do the same. Schechem, the son, is deeply committed. He desires Dinah this much.
The Proverbs say there are things that are simply too amazing to understand. One of these is the way of a man with a young woman.
Hard to understand; but on the other hand, I suppose many of us have been there.
