In the OT Dinah, daughter of Jacob, had sex before marriage with a well to do young man.
Some translations/ interpretations call it rape, others call it an elopement. Since the daughters opinion was not recorded in the Bible, we can only infer whether she was willing or not.
The man agreed to pay a bride price (sex before marriage penalty combined with a dowry). When his previous bride price was refused, he agreed raise it. He even agreed to convert to Jacob’s religion and get his family to do it as well. To top it all off he and the rest of the men in his immediate family agreed to undergo circumcision as adults (ouch!).
From Jacob’s side: the man was not of Jacob's religion and Jacob’s family did not approve of his desire to marry her. The man admitted to having sex with Dinah without parental consent and possibly without hers. At the very least, it was insult strong enough to justify murdering the man and his family while they were weak and then taking their valuables.
2007-02-03
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