Genesis 34:1

Then Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare vnto Iaakob, went out to see the daughters of that countrey.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

2Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:46Also Rebekah said to Izhak, I am weary of my life, for the daughters of Heth. If Iaakob take a wife of the daughters of Heth like these of the daughters of the lande, what auaileth it me to liue?

Genesis 30:13Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me. and she called his name, Asher.

Genesis 46:15These bee the sonnes of Leah, which shee bare vnto Iaakob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the soules of his sonnes and his daughters were thirtie and three.

1 Timothy 5:13And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.

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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