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Verse Genesis 34:30. _YE HAVE TROUBLED ME_] Brought my mind into
great distress, and endangered my personal safety; _to make me to_
_stink_-to render me odious to the surrounding tribes, so that ther...
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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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JACOB SAID, &C.— We can be under no hesitation to condemn this
assassination, when we find Jacob himself expressing his abhorrence of
it in the strongest terms. And we conceive that no arguments can
j...
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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 JACOB SAID TO SIMEON AND LEVI, YE HAVE TROUBLED ME TO MAKE ME TO
STINK AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, AMONG THE CANAANITES AND THE
PERIZZITES: AND I BEING FEW IN NUMBER, THEY SHALL GATHER THE...
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MAKE ME TO STINK] i.e. to be in bad odour, as we say: cp. Exodus 5:21....
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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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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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YE HAVE TROUBLED ME. — Jacob’s timidity led him to think first of
the danger that would result from the conduct of his sons, and only
afterwards of the cruelty and treacherousness of their deed. He
co...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶל ־שִׁמְעֹ֣ון
וְ אֶל
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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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Exodus 5:21. See Proverbs 29:25....
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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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30._And Jacob said_. Moses declares that the crime was condemned by
the holy man, lest any one should think that he had participated in
their counsel. He also expostulates with his sons, because they...
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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 JACOB SAID TO SIMEON AND LEVI,.... who were the principals
concerned in this affair:
YE HAVE TROUBLED ME; because of the sin they had committed, because of
the dishonour brought upon religion, an...
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather th...
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_Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink_ That is, you have rendered
me and my family odious among the inhabitants of the land. Abraham and
Isaac had been much respected, though strangers in the coun...
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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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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites. Jacob performed his duty as father in rebuking hi...
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The Revenge of Simeon and Levi...
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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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You have not only discomposed my mind, but perplexed my affairs, and
brought me into such troubles and dangers as I am never likely to
escape. You have made me odious to THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, w...
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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 34:30 Jacob H3290 said H559 (H8799) Simeon H8095 Levi H3878
troubled H5916 (H8804) obnoxious H887 ...
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‘And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on
me, to make me an unpleasant odour among the inhabitants of the land,
among the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and I being few in numbe...
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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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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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Ye have. Genesis 49:5 Joshua 7:25 1 Kings 18:18 1 Chronicles 2:7...
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Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the
land — That is, You have rendered my family odious among them. And
what could be expected but that the Canaanites, who were numero...