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, Leah’s daughter whom she bore for Jacob, went out to look at 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 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. 4So Shechem said to his father Hamor saying, “Get me this 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

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 Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
• Genesis 33:19He purchased the portion of the field there where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 pieces of money.
• Genesis 6:2then the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good and they took for themselves wives, any they chose.
• Genesis 39:6So he released everything he owned into Joseph’s hand. With him in charge, he did not think about anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and handsome in appearance.
• Judges 14:1Then Samson went down to Timnah and eyed in Timnah a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.
• Job 31:1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to pay attention to a virgin.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men is wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that everyone who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Genesis 20:2Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for and took Sarah.
• Deuteronomy 21:14Now if you are not pleased with her, then you may send her off wherever she wishes. But you must certainly not sell her for silver—you may not treat her as merchandise, since you have humiliated her.
• Deuteronomy 22:24Then you are to bring them both out to the gate of that city and stone them with stones to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the town, and the man because he humiliated his neighbor’s wife. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.
• Judges 19:24Look, here is my virgin daughter, and his concubine—I will bring them out to you now, and you may abuse them and do to them whatever pleases you, but don’t do such a degrading thing to this man!”
• Ezekiel 22:10They have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness in you; they violate women that are in niddah within you.

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