The People of God Are Not Immune to Evil (Genesis 34:1–12)

• Shechem rapes Dinah
  • Genesis 34:1–4
• Jacob is silent concerning the evil commitment against his daughter but her brothers are angry
  • Genesis 34:5–7
• Shechem and Hamor attempt to exploit this evil for their good
  • Genesis 34:8-12

The Evil of Responding to Evil with More Evil (Genesis 34:13–31)

• The sons of Jacob deceive the Hivites and abuse God’s covenantal sign
  • Genesis 34:13–17
  • Genesis 17:7–10
  • Genesis 34:18–24
• Simeon and Levi murder the Hivites and the sons of Jacob plunder the city
  • Genesis 34:25-29
• Jacob’s concern is for his own well-being and not the evil in his midst
  • Genesis 34:30-31

So What?

• We must be willing to confront temporal evil with God-honoring words and actions.
  • Ephesians 5:11, 12
  • Romans 12:17–21
• Jesus conquered evil in our place and is the only eternal solution to the problem of evil in our lives and in the world.
  • Colossians 2:13–15