Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 34:3
Perceiving her to be exceedingly enraged and perplexed at this horrid violence, he endeavours to appease and sweeten her, and to get her consent to marry him.
Perceiving her to be exceedingly enraged and perplexed at this horrid violence, he endeavours to appease and sweeten her, and to get her consent to marry him.
Verse Genesis 34:3. _SPAKE KINDLY UNTO THE DAMSEL._] Literally, _he spake to_ _the heart of the damsel _- endeavoured to gain her affections, and to reconcile her to her disgrace. It appears sufficie...
- 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...
_his soul_ i.e. his affections. Heb. _nephesh_. Cf. Genesis 12:13; Genesis 27:4. _kindly_, &c. Heb. _to the heart of the damsel_. The same phrase, sometimes rendered "comfortably," occurs in Genesis 5...
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 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 of his...
34:3 to (g-19) Lit. 'to the heart of.'...
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....
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...
וַ תִּדְבַּ֣ק נַפְשֹׁ֔ו בְּ דִינָ֖ה בַּֽת ־יַ
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...
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,...
This was lust, not love....
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...
3._And his soul clave unto Dinah_. Moses intimates that she was not so forcibly violated, that Shechem having once abused her, treated her with contempt, as is usual with harlots; for he loved her as...
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...
AND HIS SOUL CLAVE UNTO DINAH THE DAUGHTER OF JACOB,.... His inclination was to her, she was always in his thoughts; it was not a mere lustful desire that was suddenly raised, and soon over, but a con...
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. Ver. 3. _And his soul clave unto Dinah._] He kicked her not out of doors, as Amnon did...
_He spake kindly unto the damsel_ Desiring not only to comfort her after the ignominy he had brought upon her, but to conciliate her mind, and get her consent to marry him, that he might thereby repai...
[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...
And his soul clave unto Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. The fact that Shechem really loved Dinah and did not reject her after his sinful act pl...
Dinah Defiled...
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...
KINDLY UNTO THE DAMSEL: _ Heb._ to her heart...
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...
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 34:3 soul H5315 attracted H1692 (H8799) Dinah H1783 daughter H1323 Jacob H3290 loved H157 (H8799) woman...
‘And his soul was powerfully attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke kindly to the girl.' The love was genuine, and his final aim was honourable. But as his actions s...
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...
_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 GREAT DANGE...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 34:2 HAMOR THE HIVITE, THE PRINCE OF THE LAND, was clearly a person of some importance in Shechem. While Hamor’s son SHECHEM is initially attracted to Dinah by lust, he now des...
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 34:1. 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 DAMSEL.] Heb. “...
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...
soul. Ruth 1:14 1 Samuel 18:1 kindly unto the damsel. Heb. to the heart of the damsel. 2 Samuel 19:7 2 Chronicles 30:22...