Genesis 34:1

Genesis 34:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
• New International Version (NIV)Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Context of Genesis 34:1

Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore for Jacob, went out to look at the daughters of the land. 2When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her. 3But his soul clung to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, and he loved the young woman and spoke reassuringly to the young woman.

Genesis 34:1 word by word

וַתֵּצֵ֤א דִינָה֙ בַּת־לֵאָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֖ה לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב לִרְא֖וֹת בִּבְנ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Dinahדִּינָהdîynâh · DinahH1783
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Leahלֵאָהlê'âh · LeahH3812
• which she bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• unto Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Genesis 34:1

• Genesis 30:21Afterwards she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
• Genesis 46:15These are Leah’s sons whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, along with his daughter Dinah. The tally of all of his sons and daughters was 33 people.
• Genesis 26:34When Esau was 40 years old, he took as wife Judith the daughter of Be-eri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
• Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these women, from the daughters of the land what is life to me?”
• Genesis 28:6Now Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob when he sent him to Paddan-aram to take for himself a wife from there, when he blessed him and commanded him saying, “Don’t take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
• Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy am I, for daughters have called me happy.” So she named him Asher.
• Jeremiah 2:36Why do you make light of changing your way? You will be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
• 1 Timothy 5:13And at the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house—and not just idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, saying things they should not.

Commentaries on Genesis 34:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1And Dinah - went out to see the daughters of the land - It is supposed that Jacob had been now about seven or eight years in the land, and that Dinah, who was about seven years of age when Jacob came to Canaan, was now about fourteen or fifteen. Why or on what occasion she went out we know not, but the reason given by Josephus is very probable, viz., that it was on one of their festivals.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
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Dinah defiled by Shechem. (1-19) The Shechemites murdered by Simeon and Levi. (20-31) Verses 1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion…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 34:1

• Women

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Leah
• Jacob, Israel
• Ask
• Consent
• Daughter
• Defile
• Dinah
• Folly
• Please

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