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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 34 - Introduction

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 city, and destroy the inhabitants.

Before Christ about 1739.

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    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 _...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Dinah defiled by Shechem. (1-19) The Shechemites murdered by Simeon and Levi. (20-31)...

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