George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 34:17
Our daughter, the only one of our father; who, it would hence appear, was detained by Hemor, ver. 26. (Calmet)
Our daughter, the only one of our father; who, it would hence appear, was detained by Hemor, ver. 26. (Calmet)
Verse Genesis 34:17. _THEN WILL WE TAKE OUR DAUGHTER, AND WE WILL HE GONE._] It is natural to suppose that the tribe of Hamor was very inconsiderable, else they would not have sought an alliance with...
- Dinah’s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the...
CHAPTER 34 DEFILEMENT OF DINAH _ 1. The defilement (Genesis 34:1)_ 2. Hamor's proposal (Genesis 34:4) 3. The deceitful answer of Jacob's sons (Genesis 34:13) 4. The males of Shechem slain ...
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 phr...
PART FORTY-THREE THE STORY OF JACOB: INCIDENTS IN CANAAN (Genesis 34:1 to Genesis 35:28) The Biblical Account 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob went out to see the daughters...
_AND THEY SAID UNTO THEM, WE CANNOT DO THIS THING, TO GIVE OUR SISTER TO ONE THAT IS UNCIRCUMCISED; FOR THAT WERE A REPROACH UNTO US:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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....
Jacob’s sons called Dinah ‘our daughter’. She was not their daughter. She was their sister. They might have meant that she was the daughter in their family. JACOB’S SONS KILL THE *CANAANITES V19 Sh...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 34 SHECHEM WANTS TO MARRY DINAH V1 Now Dinah was Leah’s daughter and her father was Jacob. Dinah went out to visit the women who lived in *Canaan...
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 up his des...
וְ אִם ־לֹ֧א תִשְׁמְע֛וּ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ לְ הִמֹּ֑ו
JACOB WITH THE SHECHEMITES Genesis 33:18; Genesis 34:1 Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly rue his choic...
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...
DECEPTION AND SLAUGHTER Jacob's sons agreed to the marriage contract, but the text tells us they were acting deceitfully. They told Hamor they could not allow one of the women of Israel to marry an un...
1 Peter 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:5....
Sad is the consequence of supposing gain to be godliness! 1 Timothy 6:5....
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...
BUT IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN TO US TO BE CIRCUMCISED,.... Will not agree to this condition, circumcision: THEN WILL WE TAKE OUR DAUGHTER; by force, as the Targum of Jonathan adds: AND WE WILL BE GONE:...
_But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone._ Ver. 17. _But if ye will not hearken._] How often have men found treason in trust, and mu...
[DINAH DEFILED.] 1 Dinah is rauished by Shechem. 4 He sueth to marry her. 13 The sonnes of Iacob offer the condition of Circumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem perswade them to accep...
But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. This proposal is to be condemned as hypocritical because the sons of Jacob must have known th...
THE DEMAND OF JACOB'S SONS...
SIXTH SECTION _Jacobs settlement in Canaan. At Succoth. At Shechem. Dinah. Simeon and Levi. The first manifestation of Jewish fanaticism. Jacob’s rebuke, and removal to Bethel_ GENESIS 33:17 TO GENE...
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 hou...
1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are eve...
No text from Poole on this verse....
These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
Genesis 34:17 heed H8085 (H8799) circumcised H4135 (H8736) take H3947 (H8804) daughter H1323 gone H1980 ...
‘And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, and said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who...
CONTENTS: Harvest of evil years comes on Jacob and family. Dinah defiled and the bloody revenge. CHARACTERS: Dinah, Jacob, Hamor, sons of Jacob, Simeon, Levi. CONCLUSION: Untaught maidens who go out...
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 ladies wit...
_They slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house_ THE PUNISHMENT OF DINAH’S DISHONOUR I. IT WAS PROMPTED BY A FEELING OF VENGEANCE AGAINST THE D...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 34:14 In ch. Genesis 17:1, circumcision is introduced as the sign of God’s covenant with Abraham. Those who are circumcised acknowledge Abraham as their father....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 34:1 Almost as soon as Jacob returns to Canaan, an incident threatens the future security of his family. While the rape of Dinah by Shechem is inexcusable, the retribution by S...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 34:6. Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out unto Jacob to commune with him.] In Oriental countries the fathers arrange the marriages of their children. GENESIS 34:7. WROUGHT...
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 reached Succoth ...
Now there's a time gap between Chapter s thirty-three and thirty-four because at the time that they had left the land of Padanaram, Dinah was less than six years old. And now she comes into the story...
Genesis 34:17...