INCITEMENT TO MURDER
GE 4:2-8
2: And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
3: In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground
4: and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,
5: but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
6: The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
7: If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is couching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it."
8: Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him.
God's arbitrary preference of Abel's offering to that of Cain's provokes Cain to commit the first biblically recorded murder and kill his brother Abel.
GE 34:13-29
13: The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
14: They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
15: Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male of you be circumcised.
16: Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
17: But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone."
18: Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem.
19: And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.
20: So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
21: "These men are friendly with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.
22: Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
23: Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."
24: And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25: On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.
26: They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
27: And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;
28: they took their flocks and their herds, their asses, and whatever was in the city and in the field;
29: all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.
The Israelites kill Hamor, his son, and all the men of their village, taking as plunder their wealth, cattle, wives and children.
can you please explain these atrocitie's, and why god feel's the need to cause death.
GE 4:2-8
2: And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
3: In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground
4: and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,
5: but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
6: The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
7: If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is couching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it."
8: Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him.
God's arbitrary preference of Abel's offering to that of Cain's provokes Cain to commit the first biblically recorded murder and kill his brother Abel.
GE 34:13-29
13: The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
14: They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
15: Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male of you be circumcised.
16: Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
17: But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone."
18: Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem.
19: And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.
20: So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
21: "These men are friendly with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.
22: Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
23: Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."
24: And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25: On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.
26: They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
27: And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;
28: they took their flocks and their herds, their asses, and whatever was in the city and in the field;
29: all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.
The Israelites kill Hamor, his son, and all the men of their village, taking as plunder their wealth, cattle, wives and children.
can you please explain these atrocitie's, and why god feel's the need to cause death.