And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
Genesis 34:18 belongs to the Shechem episode in which Dinah's visiting among the people of the land led to shame and sorrow. That same episode moves from her visit to Simeon and Levi's revenge, which brought violence and ruin upon the city. The pleasing of Hamor and his son Shechem by their words stands within that deceptive revenge that ended in the cruel destruction of the Shechemites. Their anger and violence in that act were afterward prophetically condemned as wicked, with the sentence that they would be divided in Jacob and scattered in Israel. The whole episode therefore warns of the danger of seeking company and pleasure among those who do not fear God.
Genesis 34:18 belongs to the Shechem episode in which Dinah's visiting among the people of the land led to shame and sorrow. That same episode moves from her visit to Simeon and Levi's revenge, which brought violence and ruin upon the city. The pleasing of Hamor and his son Shechem by their words stands within that deceptive revenge that ended in the cruel destruction of the Shechemites. Their anger and violence in that act were afterward prophetically condemned as wicked, with the sentence that they would be divided in Jacob and scattered in Israel. The whole episode therefore warns of the danger of seeking company and pleasure among those who do not fear God.