“And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.”
His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. The detail that Shechem spoke tenderly after the violation is the narrative's honest portrait of a man who has confused desire with love and possession with relationship. The tender speech does not undo the assault; it exposes the confusion of his motivations. The application: the language of love and tenderness applied after an act of violation does not redeem the act. Desire expressed through violation is not love.
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