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

1Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. 3He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. 4So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.”

Genesis 34:2 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for Genesis 34:2

• Genesis 10:17and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite
• Genesis 33:19He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
• Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
• Genesis 39:6So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
• Judges 14:1Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
• 2 Samuel 11:2Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
• Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Genesis 20:2Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
• Deuteronomy 21:14It shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go wherever she wishes; but you shall certainly not sell her for money, you shall not mistreat her, because you have humbled her.
• Deuteronomy 22:24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
• Judges 19:24Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”
• Ezekiel 22:10In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her 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