Genesis 34:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 30:21 : 21 After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
  • Gen 46:15 : 15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.
  • Jer 2:36 : 36 Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.
  • Gen 26:34 : 34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac,“I am deeply depressed because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!”
  • Gen 28:6 : 6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”
  • Gen 30:13 : 13 Leah said,“How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:2-8
    7 verses
    85%

    2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.

    3Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

    4Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”

    5When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.

    6Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.

    7Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.

    8But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

  • Gen 34:24-27
    4 verses
    82%

    24All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.

    25In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.

    26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.

    27Jacob’s sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated.

  • Gen 30:21
    81%

    21After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

  • Gen 34:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

    13Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

    14They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

  • Gen 34:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

    19The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly.(Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)

    20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

  • Gen 29:23
    73%

    23In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.