Genesis 34:1

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had born unto Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land.

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In The King James Version

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

In Context

2And Shechem the son of Chamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and did her violence.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife from the daughters of Heth, such as these, from the daughters of the land, what good will life do me?

Genesis 30:13And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Genesis 46:15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with Dinah his daughter: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:1

At this chapter begins the story of Jacob's afflictions in his children, which were very great, and are recorded to show, 1. The vanity of this world. That which is dearest to us may prove our greatest vexation, and we may meet with the greatest crosses in those things of which we said, "This same shall comfort us." 2. The common griefs of good people. Jacob's children were circumcised, were well taught, and prayed for, and had very good examples set them; yet some of them proved very untoward. "The race is not to… Read the whole commentary →

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