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Genesis 34 · Grade 4

When Anger Takes Over

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Genesis 34 is one of the hardest chapters in Genesis. A great wrong was done to Dinah by Shechem, a powerful prince. The Bible clearly calls it a disgraceful thing that should not be done. God cares deeply about people who are harmed.

Jacob's sons were right to be grieved, but they let their anger turn into deceit and revenge. They even misused the sign of God's covenant as part of their trick. Simeon and Levi attacked a whole city, punishing many people who had not done the wrong.

Jacob worried about the danger to his family, and later, at the end of his life, he condemned Simeon and Levi's cruel anger (Genesis 49:5-7). In the New Testament, Romans 12:19 tells believers not to take revenge, but to leave it to God.

Show What You Know

  1. How does the Bible describe what was done to Dinah?

  2. How did the brothers misuse God's covenant sign?

  3. What was wrong with Simeon and Levi's revenge?

  4. What does Romans 12:19 teach?

Think About It

  1. It is right to be upset when someone is hurt. What are good ways to respond when you are angry about something wrong?

  2. If someone hurts you or someone you love, who are safe adults you can tell?

Memory Verse

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”

Genesis 34:30 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you let God handle it when someone wrongs you?
  • When do you need a trusted adult's help to make things right?

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