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Verse Genesis 34:12. _ASK ME NEVER SO MUCH DOWRY_] Genesis 29:20,
Genesis 29:20, c. See the law relative to this,...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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_dowry and gift_ The "dowry," or _mohar_, is the present made to the
parents or relations, cf. Genesis 24:53; Exo 22:16; 1 Samuel 18:25.
The rendering "dowry" hardly, therefore, gives the correct idea...
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ASK ME NEVER SO MUCH DOWRY, &C.— See ch. Genesis 29:11. Thevenot, in
his Travels, tells us, that the same custom of men's giving dowries
for their wives prevails at this day among the Turks and Persia...
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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...
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_ASK ME NEVER SO MUCH DOWRY AND GIFT, AND I WILL GIVE ACCORDING AS YE
SHALL SAY UNTO ME: BUT GIVE ME THE DAMSEL TO WIFE._ ASK ME NEVER SO
MUCH DOWRY AND GIFT, х_ MOHAR_ (H4119)] - the price paid for t...
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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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DOWRY AND GIFT] The former was the price paid to the relatives for the
bride, the latter the gift to the bride.
13-17 Simeon and Levi professed to have scruples in giving their
sister to one who was...
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The marriage present was a present that the man’s family gave to the
woman’s father. The gift was a present from the man’s family to
the woman. So what Shechem said meant this. It meant, ‘Give Dinah t...
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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...
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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...
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DOWRY AND GIFT. — The word rendered _dowry_ (mohar) is the price
paid to the parents and relatives of the bride, though taking the form
of a present. The _gift_ (matthan) was the present made by the
b...
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הַרְבּ֨וּ עָלַ֤י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּ
מַתָּ֔ן וְ
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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...
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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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A TRAGIC INCIDENT
The move to Shechem (Genesis 33:18-20) proved to be a costly one.
Dinah, Leah's daughter, was abducted and raped by Shechem the son of
Hamor. He also truly fell in love with her. So,...
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_Dowry for Dina. --- Gifts for her parents and brothers, chap. xxiv.
53. (Calmet)_...
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Sad is the consequence of supposing gain to be godliness! 1 Timothy
6:5....
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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...
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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...
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ASK ME NEVER SO MUCH DOWRY AND GIFT,.... Or "multiply [them]
exceedingly" i, fix them at as high a rate as may be thought fit; the
"dowry" was what a man gave to a woman at her marriage; for in those...
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye
shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Ver. 12. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 34:11 _"_...
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_Ask me never so much dowry and gift_ Dowry to her for her portion,
according to the ancient custom of men's buying their wives, Exodus
22:17; and _gift_ to you, either for reparation of the past inju...
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[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...
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye
shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife. Thus Shechem added
his personal plea to the proposal of his father, begging to b...
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HAMOR'S PROPOSAL...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Genesis 34:12 Ask H7235 (H8685) much H3966 dowry H4119 gift H4976 give
H5414 (H8799) say H559 ...
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‘And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find
favour in your eyes, and what you say to me I will give. Ask me never
so much dowry and gift and I will give in accordance with what y...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 34:11 In an attempt to win over Dinah’s
family, Shechem offers a generous BRIDE PRICE AND GIFT. This was a
normal part of marriage arrangements in the ancient Near East....
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Ask me. dowry. Genesis 24:53 Genesis 29:18 Genesis 31:41 Exodus 22:16...