“ And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.f ”
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād , “in victory or”...
Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ; Genesis 30:9-13 is from J, Genesis 30:1-6 ; G...
daughter. Jacob may have had other daughters not named. Dinah. Hebrew probably vindication, or, judgment.
21. And afterward she bare a daughter. It is not known whether Jacob had any other daughter; for it is not uncommon in Scripture, when genealogies are recorded, to omit the women, since they...
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. And called her name Dinah - דינה dinah, judgment. As Rachel had called her son by Bilhah Dan, Genesis 30:6 , so Leah calls her daughter...
And afterwards she bare a daughter, &c.— Leah, continuing to bear children, which were the great objects of her desire, appears to have gained more of her husband's company and regard. She ascr...
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. Afterwards ... a daughter, [Hebrew, Diynaah ( H1783 )] - i:e., judged, vindicated. The inferior value set on a daughter is...
Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25 . Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength...
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is...
In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people liv...
Dinah means judgment.
And afterwards she bare a daughter ,.... Which some writers, as Aben Ezra observes, say, was at the same birth with Zebulun, a twin with him; but being said to be afterwards shows the contrary: an...
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. Ver. 21. And called her name Dinah. ] Philo in his "Antiquities" saith (but we need not believe him) that this Dinah was afterwards m...
Mention is made of Dinah, because of the following story concerning her, chap. 34. Perhaps Jacob had other daughters, though not registered.
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's w...
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrake...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:14 . Mandrakes.] “The mandrake is universally distributed in all parts of Palestine, and its fruit is much valued by the natives, who still hold to the belief, as old...
Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his ow...
EXPOSITION Genesis 30:14 And Reuben (at this time four or five years old) went (probably accompanying the reapers) in the days of wheat harvest , and found mandrakes —דּוּדָאים, μῆλα...
The Last Children of Leah
A.M. cir. 2259. B.C. 1745. and called. Genesis 34:1-3 Genesis 34:26 Genesis 46:15 Dinah. that is, Judgment.
Mention is made, of Dinah, because of the following story concerning her, Genesis 34:1-16 , &c. Perhaps Jacob had other daughters, though not registered.