am 2272, bc 1732
Dinah: Genesis 30:21, Genesis 46:15
the daughter: Genesis 26:34, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:6, Genesis 30:13; Jeremiah 2:36; 1 Timothy 5:13; Titus 2:5
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Genesis 34:1
Genesis 34:1
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greatest…Genesis 34 — OverviewGenesis 34 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 34:1, Dinah is ravished by Shechem; Genesis 34:4, He sues to marry her; Genesis 34:13, The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites; Genesis 34:20, Hamor and Shechem persuade them to…Genesis 34 — OverviewGenesis 34 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of the ravishment of Dinah by Shechem, Ge 34:1; of his father Hamor and him treating with Jacob and his sons about the marriage of her, Ge 34:6; of the condition proposed by Jacob's sons,…Genesis 34:1-5Genesis 34:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleDinah was, for aught that appears, Jacob's only daughter, and we may
suppose her therefore the mother's fondling and the darling of the
family, and yet she proves neither a joy nor a credit to them; for
those…Genesis 34:1Genesis 34:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd 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 reached Succoth (Genesis 33:17); but it does not follow that she…Genesis 34:1-31Genesis 34:1-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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