And no long term consequences. Dinah herself is not reported to have become pregnant as a result of the rape; in fact she is never heard of again. The slaughter of the Shechemites did not bring about any act of reprisal. The incident appears to be referred to only once more in the Bible, when Jacob, near death, gathers his sons together to offer each his fatherly blessing. For Simeon and Levi, however, he has no blessing to give; all he can think of, apparently, is their cruel act of revenge years earlier:
- What, in your opinion, is the purpose does the story of Dinah serve?
- Is it a story of a breach of honor?
- Is it a story about rape?
- Is it an etiological story?