Genesis 34:1

And Dinah Bat Leah, which she bore unto Ya'akov, went out to see the Banot HaAretz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 when Shechem Ben Chamor the Chivi (Hivite), Nasi HaAretz, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and violated her.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:46And Rivkah said to Yitzchak, I am weary of my life because of the Banot Chet: if Ya'akov take an isha of the Banot Chet (Hittite women) such as these which are of the banot ha'aretz, what will chayyim to me be?

Genesis 30:13And Leah said, B'Ashri (Happy am I), for the banot will call me asher (blessed): so she called shmo Asher.

Genesis 46:15These are the Bnei Leah, which she bore unto Ya'akov in Paddan-Aram, with his bat Dinah; kol nefesh of his banim and his banot were thirty and three.

1 Timothy 5:13And at the same time also they learn atzlut, going around house to house, and not only idle but also platke machers (gossipy intriguers) and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.

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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