TEEN ZONE

WEEKLY LESSONS FOR TEENS

BY PAUL DITORO

TZ-34

Questions and ANSWERS 

from Genesis 34

1. Who was Leah's daughter?

Ans.: Dinah. 

2. What happened to her?

Ans.: She was defiled by Shechem.

3. Who was the father of Shechem?

Ans.: Hamor.

4. What arrangement did Hamor want to make with the sons of Jacob?

Ans.: He wanted his people to intermarry with Jacob's sons.

5. Upon what condition did Jacob's sons agree to Hamor's request

Ans.: That all the men of Shechem would agree to be circumcised.

6. What happened the third day after the men were circumcised?

Ans.: Gen 34:25-29 "And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothren, took each man his sword and came  upon the city boldly and slew all the males. 26 And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister . 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house."

7. What did Jacob have to say about what his sons did?

Ans.: Gen 34:30 " ..., Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house."

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