Genesis 34:2
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Cross References
Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair. And they took to them wives of all that they chose.
Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 34:27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Deuteronomy 21:14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shall let her go where she will, but thou shall not sell her at all for money. Thou shall not deal with her as a slave, because thou have humbled her.
Deuteronomy 22:29then the man who lay with her shall give to the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.
Judges 14:1And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:2-6
Dinah Dishonoured. ( b. c. 1732.) 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 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. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:… Read the whole commentary →