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Why was Jacob So Ashamed?


Initially on their wedding night, Jacob couldn't keep his hands off of Dina, but when she pushed him off and told him not to behave like a stallion, suddenly he couldn't perform. He was embarrassed, almost crying with shame?

What happened to him to change him?

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I take it that it was a macho thing...
There was Jacob marrying a bright young virgin half his age and he's the experienced older man.....but then (typical Dina) she is the one in control, sexually as well as otherwise. I think he feels awkward and embarrassed that she is 'calling the shots.'

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Dina was a sheltered virgin. After the initial contact, Dina wore her new husband OUT. It was like a light bulb went off in a previously unused portion of her head and she was now aware of the beauty and power of sex. He just couldn't keep up.

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