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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 34:30

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 commented upon this on his dying bed in words of fitting reprobation, but his reproof now is singularly weak, and the retort of his sons just. If the danger were all, this could have no weight when a shameful wrong had been done; but in avenging this wrong they had committed a crime of a deeper dye

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See also Genesis 34:30 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Jacob_, &c. This and the following verse continue the narrative of Genesis 34:26. Jacob reproaches his two sons for the murder, on account of which the people of the land will be infuriated with...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MAKE ME TO STINK] i.e. to be in bad odour, as we say: cp. Exodus 5:21....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶל ־שִׁמְעֹ֣ון וְ אֶל

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Exodus 5:21. See Proverbs 29:25....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Revenge of Simeon and Levi...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 34:30 Jacob H3290 said H559 (H8799) Simeon H8095 Levi H3878 troubled H5916 (H8804) obnoxious H887 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ye have. Genesis 49:5 Joshua 7:25 1 Kings 18:18 1 Chronicles 2:7...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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