Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 27, 1977
August 26, 1977
August 28, 1977
Transcript:
Snoopy sits on the doghouse with a salad bowl. Linus says, "If you had gotten married, here is the sermon I was going to preach . ."<BR><BR> Linus says, "My text was Genesis 34:9." Snoopy eats the salad and thinks, "I don't want to hear it!"<BR><BR> Linus continues, "Now, in those days . . ." Snoopy looks angry.<BR><BR> Linus stands with the salad bowl over his head. Snoopy thinks, "One more word, and I'll also hit you with the wedding cake!"<BR><BR>
Linus’ sermon was about the Rape of Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob and the sister of the twelve men who will become the heads of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. In the story, after Shechem, the son of a foreign prince, raped Dinah, her brothers, Simeon and Levi, killed every male individual in the city as revenge for what has happened to their sister.