Shechemites in response to the violation of Dinah.235 Jacob uses the word ‘cursed’ in his judgement: this is a very strong negative word in Hebrew, the one that has been used in Genesis to censure the serpent (3:14), Cain (4:11) and Canaan (9:25). Jacob wants no part in these two sons. He says he does not want his ‘soul’ or his ‘being’ to be involved with them in any way. The Hebrew word translated as ‘being’ literally means ‘weight’, ‘heaviness’ or ‘glory’. It has a qualitative application in Scripture