The story of Dinah and of the destruction of Shechem presents numerous
difficulties which are hard to explain.
(1) The reader is surprised at finding that Jacob and his sons, who
had fled from Laban...
_DINAH IS RAVISHED BY SHECHEM, WHO SUETH TO MARRY HER. THE SONS OF
JACOB CONSENT, ON CONDITION OF THE SHECHEMITES BEING CIRCUMCISED: THEY
ACCEPT THE CONDITION; WHEN SIMEON AND LEVI COME ARMED UPON THE...
PART THIRTY-SIX
RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE
From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76
by G. F. Maclear, D.D.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1881,
now long out of pri...
1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the
Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the
text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...
INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 34
This chapter gives an account of the ravishment of Dinah by Shechem,
Genesis 34:1; of his father Hamor and him treating with Jacob and his
sons about the marriage of her,...
_A.M. 2272. B.C. 1732._
In this chapter we have,
(1,) _ Dinah debauched, Genesis 34:1._
(2,) _ A treaty of marriage between her and Shechem, who had defiled
her, Genesis 34:6._
(3,) The circumcisio...
[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...