Genesis 34:2

Genesis 34:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
• New International Version (NIV)When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.

Context of Genesis 34:2

1Leah’s daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area. When Shechem — son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region’s chieftain — saw her, he took her and raped her. 3He became infatuated with Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her. 4“Get me this girl as a wife,” he told his father.

Genesis 34:2 word by word

וַיַּ֨רְא אֹתָ֜הּ שְׁכֶ֧ם בֶּן־חֲמ֛וֹר הַֽחִוִּ֖י נְשִׂ֣יא הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב אֹתָ֖הּ וַיְעַנֶּֽהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Hamorחֲמוֹרchămôr · HamorH2544
• the Hiviteחִוִּיchivvîy · HiviteH2340
• princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• her, he tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• her, and layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901
• with her, and defiled herעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031

Cross-references for Genesis 34:2

• Genesis 10:17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
• Genesis 33:19He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
• Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.
• Genesis 39:6He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.
• Judges 14:1Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there.
• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman.
• Job 31:1I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?
• Proverbs 13:20The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Genesis 20:2Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
• Deuteronomy 21:14Then if you are not satisfied with her, you are to let her go where she wants, but you must not sell her or treat her as merchandise, because you have humiliated her.
• Deuteronomy 22:24take the two of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death — the young woman because she did not cry out in the city and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s fiancée. You must purge the evil from you.
• Judges 19:24Here, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine now. Abuse them and do whatever you want to them. But don’t commit this outrageous thing against this man.”
• Ezekiel 22:10Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.

Commentaries on Genesis 34:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Prince of the country - i.e., Hamor was prince; Shechem was the son of the prince or chief. Our version appears to represent Shechem as prince, but his father was the chief of the country. See Genesis 34:6, Genesis 34:8, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-31Verses 1-31 - Dinah‘s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Dinah was probably Jacob's only daughter (30:21). Shechem … saw her, he took her and lay with her by force: Shechem took Dinah and raped her, which ruined her chances for a proper marriage.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-4. Though freed from foreign troubles, Jacob met with a great domestic calamity in the fall of his only daughter. According to Josephus, she had been attending a festival; but it is highly probable that she had been often and freely mixing in the society of the place and that she, being a simple, inexperienced, and vain young woman, had been flattered by the attentions of the ruler's son. There must have been time and opportunities of acquaintance to…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 34:2

• Adultery
• Hivites
• Seduction
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Hamor
• Shechem
• Hivite
• Amorites
• Ask
• Consent
• Daughter
• Defile
• Dinah
• Folly

Commentaries on Genesis 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings