「Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,
"You have troubled me by making me obnoxious
among the inhabitants of the land,
among the Canaanites and the Perizzites;
and since I am few in number,
they will gather themselves
together against me and kill me.
I shall be destroyed, my household and I."」 Amen.
The story goes like this. Jacob had 12 sons and a daughter named Dinah. One day, Dinah went to a certain land. Shechem, the son of a powerful man, humiliated her. When her brother Simeon and Levi heard about this, they took revenge with a trick. Jacob's words at that time are today's passage. But I think that Jacob is responsible for this. He bought land near the city, was not careful in his dealings with the world, did not discipline his children piously, etc. As a parent, I want to be mindful of these things. As a parent, this is something I want to be mindful of.
May we be subdued before the Lord today....
God bless you. See you tomorrow.