“And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.”
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. The simple sentence — went out to visit the women — is the setup for one of the most disturbing chapters in Genesis. Dinah's social curiosity is normal and innocent; what follows is not. The application: the narrative does not blame Dinah for what happens to her. She went out; what was done to her was done to her.
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