Genesis 30:21

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

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
afterwards	וְאַחַ֖ר ve.'a.Char	H310	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
bare	יָ֣לְדָה Yal.dah	H3205	to bear young · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
daughter	בַּ֑ת Bat	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular absolute
called	וַתִּקְרָ֥א va.tik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
name	שְׁמָ֖הּ she.Mah	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Dinah	דִּינָֽה di.Nah	H1783	Dinah · proper noun, a woman's name

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Cross-references

Genesis 34:1-3 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Genesis 34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
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 wer…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:14-24

Here is, I. Leah fruitful again, after she had, for some time, left off bearing. Jacob, it should seem, associated more with Rachel than with Leah. The law of Moses supposes it a common case that, if a man had two wives, one would be beloved and the other hated, Deu 21:15. But at length Rachel's strong passions betrayed her into a bargain with Leah that Jacob should return to her apartment. Reuben, a little lad, five or six years old, playing in the field, found mandrakes, dudaim. It is uncertain what they were, the critics are not agreed about them; we are sure they were some rarities, either fruits or flowers that were very pleasant to the smell, Sol 7:13. Note, The God of nature has provi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:21

afterwards, she bare a daughter--The inferior value set on a daughter is displayed in the bare announcement of the birth.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 30:21

And called her name Dinah - דינה dinah, judgment. As Rachel had called her son by Bilhah Dan, Gen 30:6, so Leah calls her daughter Dinah, God having judged and determined for her, as well as for her sister in the preceding instance.

John Gill on Genesis 30:21

And afterwards she bare a daughter,.... Which some writers, as Aben Ezra observes, say, was at the same birth with Zebulun, a twin with him; but being said to be afterwards shows the contrary: and called her name Dinah; which signifies "judgment": perhaps she may have some reference to the first son of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, whom she called Dan, a name of the same signification; intimating as if it was a clear case that judgment went on her side; and that by the number of children she had, it was plain God had determined in her favour.

John Calvin on Genesis 30:21

And afterward she bare a daughter. It is not known whether Jacob had any other daughter; for it is not uncommon in Scripture, when genealogies are recorded, to omit the women, since they do not bear their own name, but lie concealed under the shadow of their husbands. Meanwhile, if anything worthy of commemoration occurs to any women, especial mention is then made of them. This was the case with Dinah, on account of the violence done to her; of which more will be said hereafter. But whereas the sons of Jacob subsequently regarded it as an indignity that their sister should marry one of another nation; and as Moses records nothing of any other daughters, either as being settled in the land of…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 21.) And after these things she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah (). She is involved in a case, which the Greeks more significantly call δίκην. For there was a cause of contention in Shechem. After the sons, the names of the parents are to be given. Leah (), is interpreted as laboring. Rachel (), a sheep, whose son Joseph (), is called the addition because his mother had desired another to be added to her.
— Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis

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Dictionary and topics

Barren — For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen. 16:2; 30:1-23; 1 Sam. 1:6, 27; Isa. 47:9; 49:21; Luke 1:25). Instances of barrenness are noticed (Gen. 11:30; 25:21;…
Concubine — In the Bible denotes a female conjugally united to a man, but in a relation inferior to that of a wife. Among the early Jews, from various causes, the difference between a wife and a concubine was…
Dinah — Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood…
Children · .Leah — .Leah
Dinah · Daughter of Jacob and Leah — Daughter of Jacob and Leah
Emulation · .In Jacob’s household — .In Jacob’s household
Leah · Children of — Children of
Polygamy · .In Jacob’ s family — .In Jacob’ s family

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Genesis 30:21

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:14-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:21

Adam Clarke on Genesis 30:21

John Gill on Genesis 30:21

John Calvin on Genesis 30:21

The Church Fathers

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Genesis 30:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:14-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:21

Adam Clarke on Genesis 30:21

John Gill on Genesis 30:21

John Calvin on Genesis 30:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 30:14-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 30:21

Rashi on Genesis 30:21