Genesis 34:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Genesis 34:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Dinah’s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later per...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Genesis 34. Shechem's Outrage on Dinah Avenged. It is generally agreed that two sources have been used, but much uncertainty prevails as to their identity and extent, while in view of the priestly...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Prince of the country - i.e., Hamor was prince; Shechem was the son of th...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Though freed from foreign troubles, Jacob met with a great domestic calamity in the fall o...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Dishonour done to Dinah, and the Crafty Revenge of Simeon and Levi 1. Went out to see the daughters of the land] According to Josephus there was a festival among the Canaanites at Shechem.

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• Genesis 34:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jacob with the Shechemites Genesis 33:18-20 ; Genesis 34:1-17 Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly...

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• Genesis 34:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  When Jacob parted from Esau he should have gone directly to Beth-el. The previous chapter shows that he did not do so but tarried at Shechem. Unquestionably, this was a mistake. There is nothing more...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Proverbs 13:20 ; Proverbs 13:20 .

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• Genesis 34:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when Shechem the son of Hamor ,.... From whom the city had its name, near which Jacob and his family now were: the Hivite, prince of the country ; Hamor was an Hivite, which was one of the nat...

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• Genesis 34:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 2. Saw her, he look her, and lay with her. ] Ut vidit, periit....

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• Genesis 34:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Shechem took her, and defiled her Hebrew, humbled her. “The word,” says Bishop Kidder, “intimates his violence , as well as her dissent.” Young women may learn from this to be “chaste, keepers...

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• Genesis 34:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  SHAMEFUL SIN IN JACOB'S HOUSE Jacob had been concerned about his own house: now he must learn through painful experience that when he puts his house first, he will find trouble and sorrow from his...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Dinah Dishonoured. B. C. 1732.       1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jac...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Genesis 34:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her and humbled her.' Like many petty princes Shechem was proud and arrogant and considered...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 34:1 . To see the daughters of the land.] To make their acquaintance—to pay them a friendly visit. Genesis 34:3 . He loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damse...

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• Genesis 34:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 34:1 . Dinah. One of the oldest of Jacob's daughters, for he had many: Genesis 37:35 . Josephus intimates that it was a festival day, and it is probable that she had been invited by ladie...

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• Genesis 34:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Dinah the daughter of Leah. .. went out to see Dinah’s inglorious march I. SHE CAME. II. SHE SAW. III. SHE WAS CONQUERED. ( J. Henry Burn, B. D. ) Dinah’s dishonour I. THAT THERE IS G...

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• Genesis 34:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob ,—if Dinah was born before Joseph ( Genesis 30:21 ) she was probably in her seventh year when Jacob reache...

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• Genesis 34:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Dinah Defiled

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• Genesis 34:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Shechem. Genesis 10:17 Genesis 33:19 saw her. Genesis 6:2 Genesis 39:6 Genesis 39:7 Judges 14:1 2 Samuel 11:2 Job 31:1 Job 31:9 Proverbs 13:20 Matthew 5:28 took her. Genesis 20...

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