Seduction

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning2 Timothy 3:62 Timothy 3:13
• Laws concerningExodus 22:16Exodus 22:17Deuteronomy 22:23–29
• See Rape
• INSTANCES OF
• Of DinahGenesis 34:2
• Of Tamar2 Samuel 13:1–14

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 34:2

   When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 34:21 voice

   “Prince of the country - i.e., Hamor was prince; Shechem was the son of the prince or chief. Our version appears to represent Shechem as prince, but his father was the chief of the country. See Gen 34:6, Gen 34:8, etc.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 34:2→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. Exodus 22:16

   If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:162 voices

   “If a man entice a maid - This was an exceedingly wise and humane law, and must have operated powerfully against seduction and fornication; because the person who might feel inclined to take the advantage of a young woman knew that he must marry her, and give her a dowry, if her parents consented; and if they did not consent that their daughter should wed her seducer, in this case he was obliged to give her the full dowry which could have been demanded had she been still a virgin.

   “If she was betrothed to another, it was death to debauch her ( Deut. xxii. 23, 24 ); but the law here mentioned respects her as single. But, if the father refused her to him, he was to give satisfaction in money for the injury and disgrace he had done her.

   Everything gathered on Exodus 22:16→

   Verse page →Original language →

3. Exodus 22:17

   If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:171 voice

   “If she was betrothed to another, it was death to debauch her ( Deut. xxii. 23, 24 ); but the law here mentioned respects her as single. But, if the father refused her to him, he was to give satisfaction in money for the injury and disgrace he had done her.

   Everything gathered on Exodus 22:17→

   Verse page →Original language →

4. Deuteronomy 22:23–29

   If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:23–292 voices

   “If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband,.... But not married, not as yet brought home to her husband's house, and the marriage consummated; for the Jews distinguish between being betrothed or espoused, and married; and generally there was some time between the one and the other. And a wife was obtained in this way by three things; by money, which was the most usual; and by writing, which was to be done before witnesses, and with her consent; and by copulation, which, though valid, was not so much approved of (a).

   “By this law the Virgin Mary was in danger of being made a public example, that is, of being stoned to death, but that God, by an angel, cleared the matter to Joseph. If she were forced, and never consented, he that committed the rape was to be put to death, but the damsel was to be acquitted,

   Everything gathered on Deuteronomy 22:23–29→

   Verse page →Original language →

5. 2 Samuel 13:1–14

   After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:1–141 voice

   “Whose name was Tamar - Tamar was the daughter of David and Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur, and the uterine sister of Absalom. Amnon was David’s eldest son by Ahinoam. She was therefore sister to Amnon only by the father’s side, i.e., half-sister; but whole sister to Absalom.

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 13:1–14→

   Verse page →Original language →

6. 2 Timothy 3:6

   They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

   ›Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:62 voices

   “Some of his disciples, too, addicting themselves to the same practices, have deceived many silly women, and defiled them. They proclaim themselves as being "perfect," so that no one can be compared to them with respect to the immensity of their knowledge, nor even were you to mention Paul or Peter, or any other of the apostles. They assert that they themselves know more than all others, and that they alone have imbibed the greatness of the knowledge of that power which is unspeakable.

   “For of this sort are they which creep into houses,.... Privily and unawares, in a clandestine manner, and insinuate themselves into families, by fawning and flattering, and under specious pretences to knowledge and virtue. The Syriac version uses a word, from whence comes חולדא, "Chulda", which signifies "a weasel"; suggesting, that their entrance into houses was like to the way of that creature, which is sometimes covered, and sometimes open: there was also a gate of the temple, which was called "Huldah"; whether there is any allusion in the word to that, may be inquired (k).

   Everything gathered on 2 Timothy 3:6→

   Verse page →Original language →

7. 2 Timothy 3:13

   while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

   ›Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:132 voices

   “Not contradictory to that verse: there the diffusion of the evil was spoken of; here its intensity [ALFORD]. deceiving, and being deceived--He who has once begun to deceive others, is the less easily able to recover himself from error, and the more easily embraces in turn the errors of others [BENGEL].

   “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse - That is, it is the character of such men to do this; they may be expected to do it. This is the general law of depravity - that if men are not converted, they are always growing worse, and sinking deeper into iniquity. Their progress will be certain, though it may be gradual, since “nemo repente turpissimus.” The connection here is this: that Timothy was not to expect that he would be exempt from persecution 2Ti 3:12, by any change for the better in the wicked men referred to.

   Everything gathered on 2 Timothy 3:13→

   Verse page →Original language →