Similarities Between Genesis 19 And Judges 19

In the realm of ancient western literature, the relationship among men, women and the divine is often times manifested through the sinfulness of men, the diminishment of women’s value, and the rightfulness of the divine. One such case is Genesis 19 and Judges 19 in the Hebrew Bible, two similar narratives about rape. The writers of Judges 19 deliberately situated the characters in similar positions as those in Genesis 19, but included their own telling on women’s destiny to illustrate how women are treated different societies. The two narratives together explain that men are sinful if not for divine intervention, and women are weak in nature, thus often become the victims of men. In particular, the narratives’ contrasting endings show that