²⁰ Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he’s your brother. Don’t you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom’s house.

¹⁹ Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,

¹⁵ These were the sons of Leah and Jacob who were born in Paddan-aram, in addition to their daughter, Dinah. The number of Jacob’s descendants (male and female) through Leah was thirty-three.

² But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.