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Genesis 34:3

However, then he fell deeply in love with Dinah and tried to get her to love him too.

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In The King James Version

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

In Context

2Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her. He grabbed hold of her and raped her.

4He went and asked his father, “Get this young girl for me so I can marry her.”

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Cross References

Genesis 50:21So don't worry. I'll go on taking care of you and your children.” Speaking kindly like this he calmed them down.

Ruth 1:14They started crying loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth held on tightly to Naomi.

2 Samuel 19:7So get up, go out, and thank your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don't, you won't have a man left by tonight. That will be far worse for you than all the disasters you've had from your youth until now.”

Isaiah 40:2“Speak lovingly to the people of Jerusalem, telling them that their hard times are over, that their sins have been forgiven, and that the Lord has paid them twice over for their sins.”

Hosea 2:16Then on that day, says the Lord, you will call me ‘my husband’ and not ‘my Baal.’

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 →

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