Rape

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Rape

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  1. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
  2. Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
  3. Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
  4. May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
  5. Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
  6. “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! …
  7. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
  8. Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.