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Verse Genesis 34:25. _ON THE THIRD DAY, WHEN THEY WERE SORE_] When
the inflammation was at the height, and a fever ensued which rendered
the person utterly helpless, and his state critical, _Simeon a...
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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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_And it came to pass_ In this verse the Compiler has combined the two
versions: (1) that which ascribes the treacherous deed to the sons of
Jacob generally; and (2) that in which Simeon and Levi alone...
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TWO OF THE SONS OF JACOB, SIMEON AND LEVI— Though Simeon and Levi
only are mentioned, there can be no doubt but their servants
accompanied and assisted them in the destruction they wrought. I
apprehen...
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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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_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE THIRD DAY, WHEN THEY WERE SORE, THAT TWO
OF THE SONS OF JACOB, SIMEON AND LEVI, DINAH'S BRETHREN, TOOK EACH MAN
HIS SWORD, AND CAME UPON THE CITY BOLDLY, AND SLEW ALL THE M...
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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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SIMEON, LEVI, and DINAH were all children of Leah....
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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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What Simeon and Levi did was an evil deed. Jacob said that it was
wrong (in verse 30). He said that because he was afraid of the other
*Canaanites. However, we know that the deed was evil from Genesis...
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‘On the third day’ does not mean 3 days later. The *Hebrews
counted the first day and the last day. So the 3 days were:
• The end of the day when they *circumcised the people
• One whole day
• The...
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SIMEON AND LEVI, DINAH’S BRETHREN. — As born of the same mother,
they, with Reuben and Judah, were especially bound to espouse their
sister’s cause, but the method they took was cruel in the extreme....
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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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וַ יְהִי֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום הַ שְּׁלִישִׁ֜י...
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JACOB'S SONS SPOIL THE SHECHEMITES
Genesis 34:18
It is not easy to steer our family life amid the rocks and quicksands
of present-day worldliness; but we shall not prosper by using the
world's weapon...
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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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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...
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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of
the sons of Jacob, (i) Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each
man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew (k) al...
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_Greatest. On that day a fever and inflammation likewise often take
place. See Hippocrates on fractures, Valesius sac. (Phil. xii.)
(Menochius) --- Brothers of Dina by Lia, and both of a fiery temper....
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See here the recompense of an evil eye! Genesis 49:5....
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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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25._Simian and Levi, Dinah’s brethren_. Because Moses says that the
slaughter took place on the third day, the Hebrews think that, at that
time, the pain of the wound was most severe. The proof, howev...
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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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AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE THIRD DAY, WHEN THEY WERE SORE,.... Or in
"pain" k, when their pains were strong upon them, as the Targum of
Onkelos; or when they were weak through the pain of circumcision...
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_They slew all the males_ Nothing can excuse this execrable villany.
It was true Shechem had wrought _folly in Israel_, in defiling Dinah:
but it ought to have been considered how far Dinah herself ha...
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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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The Revenge of Simeon and Levi...
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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, when the
men of Shechem were confined to their beds with the inflammation
following the operation to which they had consented, that two of th...
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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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20-31 The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a
turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was
just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures...
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ON THE THIRD DAY, when the pain and grief of wounds is the greatest,
as physicians note, WHEN THEY WERE SORE, and therefore not well able
to defend themselves; for circumcision caused great pain in ch...
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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 34:25 third H7992 day H3117 pain H3510 (H8802) two H8147 sons
H1121 Jacob H3290 Simeon H8095 Levi...
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‘And it happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of
the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man
his sword and came on the city unawares and killed all the males...
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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 34:1 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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 34:25 TWO OF THE SONS OF JACOB, SIMEON AND
LEVI. Although all of Jacob’s sons were involved in the deception,
only Simeon and Levi are involved in slaughtering ALL THE MALES. T...
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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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sore. Joshua 5:6 Joshua 5:8 Simeon. Genesis 29:33 Genesis 29:34
Genesis 49:5...
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They slew all the males — Nothing can excuse this execrable
villainy. It was true Shechem had wrought folly in Israel, in defiling
Dinah: but it ought to have been considered how far Dinah herself had...