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Genesis 34:1

DinahIsraelLeah
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
KJV
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
WEB
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
ASV
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
DARBY
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
BLB
And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
ÅB
Dina, Jakobs datter med Lea, gikk engang ut for å se på landets døtre.
OTB
Dinah, datteren til Lea, som hun hadde født til Jakob, gikk ut for å besøke landets døtre.
B1930
Dina, Jakobs datter med Lea, gikk engang ut for å se på landets døtre.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 30:21

    And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

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  • Jeremiah 2:36

    Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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  • Genesis 46:15

    These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

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  • Genesis 26:34

    And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

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  • Genesis 30:13

    And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

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  • Genesis 28:6

    When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

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  • 1 Timothy 5:13

    And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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