Genesis 34:5
Now Jacob [Supplanter] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob [Supplanter] held his peace until they came.
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4Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
6Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob [Supplanter] to talk with him.
Cross References
Genesis 37:13Israel [God prevails] said to Joseph [May he add], “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses [Drawn out] said to Aaron [Light-bringer], “This is what Adonai spoke of, saying, 1 ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, 2 and before all the people I will be glorified.’” Aaron [Light-bringer] held his peace.
Luke 15:25“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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 →