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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/34.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/34.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/34.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out [unescorted] to visit the girls of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Leah’s daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Dinah, Leah&#8217s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women who lived nearby. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, went out to visit some of the Canaanite women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the Canaanite women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Some time later, Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on the daughters of the land,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she brought forth to Jacob, will go forth to see the daughters of the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the women of that region.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit some of the women of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the native girls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Dinah came out, daughter of Leah, who was begotten by Yaquuv, to see the daughters of the place.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/34-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=8495" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/34.htm">The Defiling of Dinah</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1783.htm" title="1783: ḏî·nāh (N-proper-fs) -- Daughter of Jacob. Fem. Of duwn; justice; Dinah, the daughter of Jacob.">Now Dinah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/3812.htm" title="3812: lê·’āh (N-proper-fs) -- Weary, a wife of Jacob. From la'ah; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob.">Leah</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: yā·lə·ḏāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">had borne</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">to Jacob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wat·tê·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">went out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: lir·’ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">to visit</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: biḇ·nō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Genesis 30:21</a></span><br />After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-15.htm">Genesis 46:15</a></span><br />These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-1.htm">2 Samuel 13:1-22</a></span><br />After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom. / Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her. / Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/19-24.htm">Judges 19:24</a></span><br />Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-25.htm">Deuteronomy 22:25-27</a></span><br />But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. / Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him. / When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2-4</a></span><br />One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. / So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” / Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29</a></span><br />You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16-17</a></span><br />If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. / If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-28.htm">Deuteronomy 22:28-29</a></span><br />If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, / then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-11.htm">2 Samuel 13:11-14</a></span><br />And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!” / “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! / Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18-20</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-4</a></span><br />Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, / but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Proverbs 7:10-12</a></span><br />Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. / She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. / Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10</a></span><br />Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, / but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Genesis 30:21</a></b></br> And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/46-15.htm">Genesis 46:15</a></b></br> These <i>be</i> the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters <i>were</i> thirty and three.</p><p class="hdg">the daughters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a></b></br> And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Genesis 27:46</a></b></br> And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these <i>which are</i> of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6</a></b></br> When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/31-43.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/genesis/32-9.htm">Country</a> <a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/31-55.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Dinah</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/33-7.htm">Leah</a> <a href="/2_john/1-12.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/genesis/33-5.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/41-50.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Country</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/34-9.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Dinah</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/35-23.htm">Leah</a> <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/34-1.htm">Dinah is ravished by Shechem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/34-4.htm">He requests to marry her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/34-13.htm">The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/34-20.htm">Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Her mother, Leah, was Jacob's first wife, though not his preferred one, which may have influenced family dynamics. Dinah's presence in the text underscores the importance of lineage and family ties in biblical narratives. The mention of her parentage connects this story to the broader narrative of Jacob's family, which is central to the unfolding story of the Israelites. Leah's role as Dinah's mother also ties into the theme of God's providence and blessing, as Leah was blessed with many children despite being less favored by Jacob.<p><b>went out to visit the daughters of the land</b><br>Dinah's action of going out to visit the daughters of the land suggests a desire for social interaction and possibly indicates a level of integration or curiosity about the surrounding Canaanite culture. This phrase sets the stage for the subsequent events in the chapter, which involve interactions between Jacob's family and the inhabitants of Shechem. The cultural context of the time often involved strict social boundaries between different ethnic and familial groups, and Dinah's actions may reflect a breach of these norms. This visit can be seen as a precursor to the tensions between the Israelites and the Canaanites, which are a recurring theme in the Old Testament. The phrase also foreshadows the potential dangers of assimilation and the importance of maintaining distinctiveness as God's chosen people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/dinah.htm">Dinah</a></b><br>The daughter of Jacob and Leah, Dinah is the central figure in this verse. Her actions set the stage for the events that follow in <a href="/bsb/genesis/34.htm">Genesis 34</a>.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/leah.htm">Leah</a></b><br>Dinah's mother, Leah, was one of Jacob's wives. Her lineage is significant in the context of the tribes of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch of the family, Jacob is the father of Dinah. His family dynamics and decisions play a crucial role in the unfolding account.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_daughters_of_the_land.htm">The daughters of the land</a></b><br>This phrase refers to the local women of the region where Jacob's family was residing. Dinah's interaction with them is pivotal to the account.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The land</a></b><br>The geographical setting is Canaan, where Jacob and his family were sojourning. This location is significant in the broader account of the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_associations.htm">Guarding Associations</a></b><br>Dinah's visit to the daughters of the land serves as a reminder of the importance of being cautious about the company we keep and the environments we enter. As believers, we are called to be in the world but not of it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/parental_guidance.htm">Parental Guidance</a></b><br>The account highlights the role of parental oversight and guidance. Jacob's family dynamics remind us of the importance of nurturing and protecting our children in a world with differing values.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_engagement.htm">Cultural Engagement</a></b><br>Dinah's account prompts reflection on how we engage with the surrounding culture. We must balance being a light in the world with maintaining our distinctiveness as followers of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_actions.htm">Consequences of Actions</a></b><br>The events that follow Dinah's visit illustrate the far-reaching consequences of our actions and decisions. This serves as a cautionary tale about the impact of seemingly small choices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_wisdom.htm">Seeking God's Wisdom</a></b><br>In navigating relationships and cultural interactions, we are encouraged to seek God's wisdom and guidance, ensuring our actions align with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 34</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/names_and_meanings_of_israel's_tribes.htm">What are the names and meanings of Israel's twelve tribes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_tribe_of_levi's_role.htm">What role did the Tribe of Levi serve biblically?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_leah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Leah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_work.htm">Who are the Sons of Jacob?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XXXIV.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Dinah . . . went out to see the daughters of the land.</span>--Those commentators who imagine that Jacob sojourned only twenty years at Haran are obliged to suppose that he remained two or more years at Succoth, and some eight years at Shechem, before this event happened, leaving only one more year for the interval between Dinah's dishonour and the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites. But even so, if Dinah was now not more than fourteen, there would be left a period of only nine years, in which Leah has to bear six sons and a daughter, with a long interval of barrenness, during which Zilpah was given to Jacob and bears two sons. But besides this impossibility, Jacob evidently remained at Succoth only until he was <span class= "ital">shalem, </span>sound and whole from his sprain, and Dinah's visit was one of curiosity, for she went "to see the daughters of the land," that is, she wanted, as Abravanel says, to see what the native women were like, and how they dressed themselves. Josephus says that she took the opportunity of a festival at Shechem; but as neither her father nor brothers knew of her going, but were with their cattle as usual, it is probable that with one or two women only she slipped away from her father's camp and paid the penalty of her girlish curiosity. But she would feel no such curiosity after being a year or two at Shechem, so that it is probable that her dishonour took place within a few weeks after Jacob's arrival there. So, too, Hamor's words in <a href="/context/genesis/34-21.htm" title="These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.">Genesis 34:21-22</a> plainly show that Jacob was a new comer; for he proposes that the people should "let them dwell in the land," and therefore consent to the condition required by them that the Hivites should be circumcised. It would have been absurd thus to speak if Jacob had already dwelt there eight years with no apparent intention of going away.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob</span>, - if Dinah was born before Joseph (<a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Genesis 30:21</a>) she was probably in her seventh year when Jacob reached Succoth (<a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17</a>); but it does not follow that she was only six or seven years of age when the incident about to be described occurred (Tuch, Bohlen). If Jacob stayed two years at Succoth and eight in Shechem (Petavius), and if, as is probable, his residence in Shechem terminated with his daughter's dishonor (Lange), and if, moreover, Joseph s sale into Egypt happened soon after (Hengstenberg), Dinah may at this time have been in her sixteenth or seventeenth year (Kurtz). Yet there is no reason why she should not have been younger, say between thirteen and fifteen (Keil, Lange, Kalisch, Murphy, et <span class="accented">alii</span>), since in the East females attain to puberty at the age of twelve, and sometimes earlier (Delitzsch) - <span class="cmt_word">went out</span> - it is not implied that this was the first occasion on which Dinah left her mother's tent to mingle with the city maidens in Shechem: the expression is equivalent to "once upon a time she went <span class="accented">out"</span> (Hengstenberg) - <span class="cmt_word">to see the daughters of the land</span> - who were gathered at a festive entertainment (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 1:21, 1), a not improbable supposition (Kurtz), though the language rather indicates the paying of a friendly visit (Lange), or the habitual practice of associating with the Shechemite women (Bush), in their social entertainments, if not in their religious festivals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/34-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now Dinah,</span><br /><span class="heb">דִינָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḏî·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1783.htm">Strong's 1783: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dinah -- daughter of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּת־</span> <span class="translit">(baṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Leah</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(lê·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3812.htm">Strong's 3812: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had borne</span><br /><span class="heb">יָלְדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yā·lə·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Jacob,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּצֵ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to visit</span><br /><span class="heb">לִרְא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lir·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the daughters</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּבְנ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(biḇ·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/34-1.htm">Genesis 34:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/34-1.htm">OT Law: Genesis 34:1 Dinah the daughter of Leah whom she (Gen. 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