The end of the book of Genesis

This is the last post I am doing for Genesis.  It has been a weird read so far but I hope you enjoyed it. It was good for 169 blog posts.  I hope the rest of the book is much better.  My take on Genesis is:  God’s chosen men got off easy.  They were lying, cheating womanizers who got away with their foul deeds because God bullied the guys they cheated.  The snake in the garden told the truth when even god lied to Adam and Eve.  For the life of me, I cannot understand why any woman would want to follow this book.  It demeans women, treats them like cattle, or worse yet, jealous schemers who live just to reproduce and serve man.  I am sure I forgot many of the other outrageous things that happened, but that is why I took so much time to post even the smallest thought I had while reading this book.  Now it is time to move on to the book of Exodus.  I, for one, can’t wait.

Rachel got short changed

Genesis 49:30 says, “In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.”  Why wasn’t Israel’s other wife buried in the cave?  Genesis 35:19 “And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.”  Don’t try to say they were to far away?  Joseph came all the way from Egypt to bury Israel in the cave.  Was Rachel short changed?  I thought she was the favorite.  Well, to be honest, it was probably the servants who weren’t even mentioned when they died who got the short end of things.

Joseph gets buried

Genesis 50:26 says, “So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”  A person of his power, he was basically co-ruler with the pharaoh; the Egyptians would surely would put him in a sarcophagus.  I wonder where it is?  

Israel gets buried

Genesis 50:7 says, “And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,”  So I am to believe Ramses sent all of his servants to help bury this dead father of Joseph?  I can’t believe Pharaoh would do without servants.  That would never happen.  As I have said in the past, Ramses was god.  He would never do anything for himself.  Nothing.

Does it really matter which hand you bless with?

Genesis 48:16 says, “The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.”  Is Jacob…er Israels right hand his good bless’en hand?  It must have traditional meaning to have the firstborn blessed with the right hand but this family has a history of not following up on this tradition. Genesis 48:21 says, “And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”  See three verses later and Joseph a better deal than Israel’s first born.  If you don’t remember, Joseph is the youngest and should be serving his eldest brother.

Joseph sure has power

Genesis 47:26 says, “And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.”  The Pharaoh sure did give power to Joseph.  That he could buy all the land and now make laws.  What would Egypt do if not for the rule of an Israelite?  This is very far fetched.

Bought land? With what?

Genesis 47:20 says, “And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.”  How did they buy the land.  Earlier Genesis 47:15 said, “And when money failed in the land of Egypt”  Where did this money come from?  

No bread then there is bread…

Genesis 47:12 says, “And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.”  First Joseph is nourishing his family foremost with the bread he is in charge of.  Then, there is no bread in the land due to the famine.  Joseph, after giving Pharaoh the money he made from the corn and it (the money) eventually failing, asks the people of Egypt to bring cattle and to trade for bread.  Where does this bread come from?  I thought there was none in the land?  Is he somehow cheating them like Jacob did to Laban?

Jacob blessed who?

Genesis 47:7 says, “And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.” It doesn’t just say it once but Genesis 47:10 says, “And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.”  By having two verses say this it must be important but as I said earlier, why would the Pharaoh sit and be blessed by anybody?  He IS a god!  He is being overly kind to these Israelites who come to his land in the middle of a famine and is going to tolerate being blessed by some shepherd who in the eyes of an Egyptian is an abomination?  Who the Egyptians are so xenophobic about they wont eat with?  I just can’t see this happening for one moment.  

How does Pharaoh know?

Genesis 47:5 says, “And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.”  Why would Pharaoh give the best of the land of Egypt to a bunch of Israelites?  Especially if Jacob's family was an abomination in the eyes of the Egyptians because they were shepherds.  Moreover where did Pharaoh get the idea that they were cattle farmers?  They never said it to him but yet he puts them in charge of his cattle?  Isn’t this a just a little odd.  Did Pharaoh know that they were lying to him?

Shepherds are an abomination

Genesis 46:34 says “That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians” This verse is very strange.  There is no earlier mention of sheep or flocks in this book.  Where did the sheep come from?  The other thing that makes this strange is that the Egyptians had domesticated sheep.  They revered the ram, which has been found buried in sarcophagus in the past.  The Egyptians associated many domestic animals with deities.  But that leads us back to why would the Egyptians think of shepherds as an abomination?  If they had domesticated them they would have had shepherds of their own.  

Once again I have to question the famine

Genesis 46:32 says, “And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.”  If there is a famine going on would they have many cattle?  Now that isn’t even the big question.  Why would the pharaoh let these Israelites come in the middle of a famine?  Even though they stored away five percent of their crops for seven years that wouldn’t have been much to get the Egyptians through seven years of famine.  Let alone now they have to feed Jacob's huge heard.  That would tax resources the Egyptians would need.  We know Joseph was selling grain (corn) to other peoples also.  How far can you stretch five percent of your yearly crop?

Jacob or Israel?

Genesis 46:2 says, “And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.”  God named him Israel but here he calls him Jacob?  You’d think if he changed someone’s name he’d remember what he changed it to and call him by it.

Would Pharaoh do this?

Genesis 45:17 says, “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

45:18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.”  The Egyptians are in the middle of year two of a seven-year famine.  Do you believe a Pharaoh would take in a tribe of Hebrews?  I thought even eating with them was an abomination. Genesis 43:32 says, “because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”

Famine?

Genesis 43:1 says, “And the famine was sore in the land.
 43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.”  Jacob’s people were starving and having to buy food from the Egyptian Governor who was holding the youngest son Benjamin hostage. Genesis 43:11 says, “And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:”  If they have all this food then what kind of famine is this?

Jacob’s sons lie again

Genesis 43:7 says, “And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?”  This isn’t the truth.  Genesis 42:11 says, “We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.”  Joseph didn’t say anything about their state.  He was just calling them spies.  They are the ones counting a dead brother as one of their number.

An empty belly…

Genesis 42:38 says, “And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave”  So Simeon is being held by the rough Egyptian Governor who is asking for Benjamin.  Jacob refuses to send Benjamin to Egypt to regain Simeon.  Genesis 43:2 “And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.”  Now that they ate all the food the 12 no 10 brothers brought back from Egypt and they are hungry will Jacob send his youngest son to save Simeon.  Is anyone else seeing how horrible Jacob is?

Afraid?

Genesis 42:35 says, “And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.”  Jacob cheats his father-in-law, and his father-in-law is punished for getting mad, by god. While journeying to Bethel god terrorized the cities to protect him. Why would he be afraid of anything?

How many brothers?

Genesis 42:3 says, “And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.”  So, Jacob sent ten of his sons to buy corn in Egypt.  Genesis 42:13 says, “And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.”  Why would you say there are 12 of you when there are 10 before the Egyptian Governor and only one at home?  Remember, they brought the blood dipped coat of many colors to Jacob, Genesis 37:33 “And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.”  So if you are lying about your brother being dead why to you count him in your group.  Sounds, to me, like he is just trying to make the story work.

Why is god holding out?

Genesis 42:1 says, “Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

42:2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”  Why didn’t god tell Jacob about the famine?  I thought he was blessed? 

Sold?

Genesis 41:56 says, “And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.”  How could the people of Egypt pay if they had no work farming?  Now, we know that during the flood season, which the Egyptians depended on to water and fertilize the soil, that the farmers worked building pyramids and tombs for the pharaoh but in a seven year famine to sell the stores of Egypt to the hungry sounds bad for the pharaoh and Joseph both.

What Egyptian god is On?

Genesis 41:45 says, “And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.”  I have read a lot of Egyptian Mythology and can tell you that there is no god called On in their mythos.  Nothing even comes close.  This whole chapter where Joseph is in Egypt is written like the writer knows nothing of Egyptian culture and is just making things up to fit a story.  There isn’t even mention of a town or village named “On”.  I am trying to remain impartial but this makes it very hard to keep in the middle road.

Pharaoh is not god?

Genesis 41:38 says, “And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?”  I have to stop here for a moment.  The Pharaoh, in Egypt, WAS god on earth.  He was raised as a child thinking he was a god.  He would never have said especially in front of his servants that something else could be more powerful than he.  This is just plain nonsense.

Stolen?

Genesis 40:15 says, “For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”  Um Joseph.  You weren’t stolen.  You were sold into slavery by your brothers.

Who do interpretations belong to?

Genesis 40:8 says, “And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. 40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:” In the first verse Joseph says interpretations belong to god and later he interprets the men’s dreams.  Who really is the interpreter?

Jailer prospers?

Genesis 39:22 says, “And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.”  How could a jailer prosper?  I can see earlier when he was with the wealthy man how Joseph, a man with no training in anything, could make him prosper but he is in jail, a dungeon.  What possible opportunity could there be in there?

The lord is still with him?

Genesis 39:21 says, “But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”  Joseph is in a dungeon.  I don’t care if the jailer likes him.  Men die in prison.  They last maybe six months tops.  And he has the comfort that the lord is with him.  The lord was with him when he was being sold as a slave, falsely accused as a rapist, and now in the dungeon.  Good job lord.

The Lord is with him?

Genesis 39:1 says, “And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.

39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.”  Did it just say the lord was with him?  Shouldn’t the lord be freeing him?  He is being bought and sold like a cheap handbag and the lord is with him.  

Mom was a harlot

Genesis 38:28 says, “And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.”  Wasn’t this the child of Judah and Tamar?  Didn’t Judah call Tamar a Harlot and want to burn her to death?  I think I can see where this story is going.

Smart baby

Genesis 38:28 says, “And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.”  Now there is a baby who really wants to be born first to claim his riches.  And as fast as god is killing the other brothers in his family he may be next in line really soon.  Little does he know the family he is being born into.  They don’t play by the rules.  But I guess what makes this story bazaar is how in all that is good and right does this baby in the womb know that he had to be born first?

Tamar is now righteous

Genesis 38:25 says, “When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.”  When Judah first heard about Tamar he wanted to burn the harlot, now that she showed him the trinkets he had given her he calls her righteous?  She knowingly slept with her husband’s father.  That, my friend is a big yuck!  Should either of them righteous?  Does god think they are righteous?  Should anyone in this book be righteous?

Judah wants to burn his harlot

Genesis 38:24 said, “And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.”  Judah’s daughter-in-law is revealed as the harlot Judah slept with and that she is pregnant.  She is also called a whore.  His reaction is to want to burn her?  What kind of book is this bible?

Judah likes Harlots

Genesis 38:15 says, “When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?”  I can’t believe this.  Judah just lost a daughter and after getting comforted he sees a veiled woman and instantly thinks she is a harlot.  So what does he do to help this woman who strayed.  He wants to sleep with her.  God killed one of his sons for pulling out before his seed could impregnate a woman but god doesn't care if Judah picks up harlots?  At least he doesn’t know she is his daughter-in-law if that makes it better for any of you.  

Judah doesn’t know that god killed his sons.

Genesis 38:11 says, “Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.”   Didn’t Judah know that the god he worshipped killed his sons?  One of them because he knew he shouldn’t get his dead brothers wife pregnant but god obviously wasn’t the one who made him know that because god killed him because of it.  This would make a great season for a soap opera.

God kills another son of Judah

Genesis 38:8 says, “And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.”  I don’t understand this.  Er is dead and Onan’s father tells him to marry his brother’s wife and get her pregnant.  This is weird and gross but I guess it isn’t so bad.  Why does Onan know that the seed should not be his, but yet be killed by god because it didn’t please him?  If Onan spilled his seed on the ground than he was having sex with her in the first place why didn’t god just make one of his seeds get up there before he was done.  Lots of children are born because coitus interruptus didn’t work.  Is there really a need for god to kill him?

God kills Er

Genesis 38:7 says, “And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.”  What is the point of slaying Er?  He is no part of any other story here so it isn’t like we are learning something from it.  If God is all-knowing, why would he create a child who was wicked?  Or if he knew he was going to become wicked and that he would have to slay him why bother making him at all.  If I knew everything and knew one of my creations was going to be bad I would make it good or at least not make it at all?  I guess it isn't the first time god has killed man.  He wiped out almost all of the earth, including innocent animals, a few generations ago.

Hated over a coat

Genesis 37:4 says, “And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.”  What a great family dynamic we have here.  The sons of Jacob (Israel) see that Joseph got a coat from dad and they jump to the conclusion that he is loved more than them?  Then he has a dream and they hate him even more?  I have dreams every night and I hope my brother doesn’t hate me for it.

Jacob (Israel) such a good parent

Genesis 37:3 says, “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.”  So, Jacob has favorites.  Isn’t that kind of bad.  Now I understand that parents do sometimes relate to one child more than others but a good parent will keep this well hidden.  Will try to find common interests with the other child and therefore maintain more of an even bond with all children.  That being said in this culture the oldest son would be the one who should receive the love and blessings from the father.  Maybe Jacob doesn’t understand this because he stole his brothers birthright.

Isaac is still alive?

  Genesis 35:27 says, “And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.”  How is he still alive?  Genesis 27:1 says, “And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:”  Now at this point Isaac is losing his sight and fearing death so much so that he wants to bless his eldest son for perhaps the last time.  Jacob steals the blessing and goes into hiding at the tents of Laban.  There he works for Laban for 14 years and then starts having his 12 sons.  So in my thoughts, It has been twenty or more years (probably more.)  How has Isaac survived this long?

Jacob?

Genesis 35:14 says, “And Jacob set up a pillar 35:15 And Jacob called the name of  35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave”  Why are they still calling him Jacob?  It has only been four verses ago but the perfect word of god keeps calling him Jacob.  God said his name was Israel.   I told you the name change was a bad idea.

Dying wish denied

Genesis 35:18 says, “And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.”  Rachel dies giving birth and her last utterance is to name her son Benoni.  Why would Jacob not honor her last wish?  What would have been the problem there.  I understand that women meant nothing to these chosen men of god and it seems to god himself but her last dying wish?  How horrible this Jacob is!  

Drink offering

Genesis 35:14 says, “And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.”  From the story of Cain and Able we should understand that god only wants blood offerings.  Because Cain was a farmer he should have traded for some animal to slaughter so god could have his blood lust sated and enjoy the smell of burnt flesh (why does god sound more and more like Jeffrey Dahmer?)  Why wasn’t Jacob rebuked for giving a bad offering?

Why change Jacobs name?

Genesis 35:10 says, “And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.”  What purpose does changing peoples names have?  He also changes Abraham’s name.  Couldn’t an all-powerful being influence your name at the point of your parent’s choice?  That would cut out the problem of having to remember who you are later.  The name change does nothing in the story except show how god likes to push people around.  I can just hear god saying; hmmmmm, let’s jerk Jacob around again and change his name from Isreal to Chaz, no Egbert.  That’s it.  Egbert.

God scares people again

Genesis 35:5 says, "And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob."  Such a loving god.  Always turning to fear.  Why not make Jacobs people invisible to the bad people.  Why are there any bad people at all?  Aren’t these all descendants of Noah?  Shouldn’t they all be god’s people?  They surely couldn’t have survived the flood.

Earrings?

Genesis 35:4 says, “And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.”  I can see collecting all the idols but earrings?  What is the matter with earrings?

Strange gods?

Genesis 35:2 says, “Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:”  So, were Jacobs people worshipping other gods or were there other gods for real?  Why would Jacob’s people worship other gods if the god of Abraham was so powerful.  Maybe it was the slave women and children who were taken by Jacob’s sons who worshipped the strange gods. But the big question is why Jacob’s people had to be told by god to change their clothes.   

Unjust punishment again?

Genesis 34:24 says, “And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

34:25 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 brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.”  Because one man lay with Dinah, gods people kill, destroy and enslave a whole people.  Only one man is guilty of the crime.  Jacob’s sons took the women and children and enslaved them after killing all of the freshly circumcised and still sore men.  What kind of people are these chosen people of gods.