Genesis 34:3

And his soul took pleasure in Dinah the daughter of Jakob, and he loved the damsel, and spake to the heart of the damsel.

Targum Onkelos

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

2And Shekem bar Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, and took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

4And Shekem spake to Hamor his father, saying, Take to me this damsel for a wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:21And now do not fear; I will sustain you and your children. And he consoled them, and spake consolation to their heart.

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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