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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.

Context of Genesis 34:2

1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her. 3His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. 4And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”

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 10:17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
• Genesis 33:19For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
• Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
• Genesis 39:6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, 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 there a young Philistine woman.
• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
• Job 31:1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
• Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Genesis 20:2and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
• Deuteronomy 21:14If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
• Deuteronomy 22:24you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
• Judges 19:24Look, here is my virgin daughter, and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”
• Ezekiel 22:10In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.

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