Genesis 34:2

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Shechem	שְׁכֶ֧ם she.Khem	H7927	Shekem · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Hamor	חֲמ֛וֹר cha.Mor	H2544	Chamor · proper noun, a man's name
Hivite	הַֽחִוִּ֖י ha.chi.Vi	H2340	a Chivvite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
prince	נְשִׂ֣יא ne.Si'	H5387	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
country	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
saw	וַיַּ֨רְא vai.Yar'	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
took	וַיִּקַּ֥ח vai.yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lay	וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב vai.yish.Kav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
her	וַיְעַנֶּֽהָ vay.'a.Ne.ha	H6031	to depress literally or figuratively · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Judges 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Job 31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:1-5

Dinah was, for aught that appears, Jacob's only daughter, and we may suppose her therefore the mother's fondling and the darling of the family, and yet she proves neither a joy nor a credit to them; for those children seldom prove either the best or the happiest that are most indulged. She is reckoned now but fifteen or sixteen years of age when she here occasioned so much mischief. Observe, 1. Her vain curiosity, which exposed her. She went out, perhaps unknown to her father, but by the connivance of her mother, to see the daughters of the land (Gen 34:1); probably it was at a ball, or on some public day. Being an only daughter, she thought herself solitary at home, having none of her own a…

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Adam Clarke on Genesis 34:2

Prince of the country - i.e., Hamor was prince; Shechem was the son of the prince or chief. Our version appears to represent Shechem as prince, but his father was the chief of the country. See Gen 34:6, Gen 34:8, etc.

John Gill on Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem the son of Hamor,.... From whom the city had its name, near which Jacob and his family now were: the Hivite, prince of the country; Hamor was an Hivite, which was one of the nations of the land of Canaan, and this man was the prince or a principal man of that nation, as well as of Shechem. Josephus (c) calls him a king: when the son of this man saw her; that is, Dinah, what a beautiful person she was, and was enamoured with her: he took her: by force, as the Targum of Jonathan: and lay with her, and defiled her; or "humbled" or "afflicted her" (d); and it is a rule with the Jews, that every such act, which is done by force, is called an humiliation and affliction (e): th…

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John Calvin on Genesis 34:1-2

And Dinah... went out. This chapter records a severe contest, with which God again exercised his servant. How precious the chastity of his daughter would be to him, we may readily conjecture from the probity of his whole life. When therefore he heard that she was violated, this disgrace would inflict the deepest wound of grief upon his mind: yet soon his grief is trebled, when he hears that his sons, from the desire of revenge, have committed a most dreadful crime. But let us examine everything in order. Dinah is ravished, because, having left her father's house, she wandered about more freely than was proper. She ought to have remained quietly at home, as both the Apostle teaches and nature…

The Church Fathers

HOW THE SCRIPTURE GIVES THE NAME OF VIRGIN TO DINA, DISHONORED BY SHECHEM. — The Scripture says that Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her. And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the virgin, and he spoke to her according to the virgin’s heart . How can the Scripture say that she was a virgin, if he had already slept with her and humiliated her? The answer is that perhaps the word virgin is used to indicate age, according to the Hebrew expression. Or perhaps it is rather a recapitulation by means of which the author then says what happened before? In fact, he was able to take her first to love her, to be a virgin, and to talk to her as to a virgin, and then to lie down with her and humiliate her. [
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 106 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Amorites — Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen. 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions. On the early Babylonian…
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…
Hamor — He-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen. 33:19). He is called “Emmor” in Acts 7:16. His son Shechem founded the city of that name…
Hivites — One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine, from Hermon to Gibeon in the south. The name is interpreted as “midlanders” or “villagers” (Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15). They were probably a branch…
Shechem — Shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). (2.) A descendant of Manasseh (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2). (3.) A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts…
Hivites · Shechemites and Gibeonites were families of — Shechemites and Gibeonites were families of
Seduction · .Of Dinah — .Of Dinah

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Genesis 34:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:1-5

Adam Clarke on Genesis 34:2

John Gill on Genesis 34:2

John Calvin on Genesis 34:1-2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 34:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:1-5

Adam Clarke on Genesis 34:2

John Gill on Genesis 34:2

John Calvin on Genesis 34:1-2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 34:1-2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 34:1-31

Rashi on Genesis 34:2