Genesis 34:7

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter: which thing ought not to be done.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sons	וּבְנֵ֨י u.ve.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֜ב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
came	בָּ֤אוּ Ba.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
field	הַשָּׂדֶה֙ ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
heard	כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם ke.sha.me.'Am	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
men	הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
grieved	וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ vai.yit.'a.tze.Vu	H6087	properly · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
very	מְאֹ֑ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
wroth	וַיִּ֥חַר vai.Yi.char	H2734	to glow or grow warm · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wrought	עָשָׂ֣ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
folly	נְבָלָ֞ה ne.va.Lah	H5039	foolishness · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Israel	בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל ve.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
lying	לִשְׁכַּב֙ lish.Kav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Jacob’s	יַעֲקֹ֔ב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
daughter	בַּֽת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
done	יֵעָשֶֽׂה ye.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Joshua 7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgress…
Judges 20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committe…
Deuteronomy 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: be…
Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me a…
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 46:7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all…
Leviticus 4:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning thin…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:6-17

Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it. It is here called folly in Israel (Gen 34:7), according to the language of after-times; for Israel was not yet a people, but a family only. Note, 1. Uncleanness is folly; for it sacrifices the favour of God, peace of conscience, and all the soul can pretend to that is sacred and honourable, to a base and brutish lust. 2. This folly is most shameful in Israel, in a family of Israel, where God is known and worship…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 34:7

the men were grieved, and . . . very wroth--Good men in such a case could not but grieve; but it would have been well if their anger had been less, or that they had known the precept "let not the sun go down upon your wrath" [Eph 4:26]. No injury can justify revenge (Deu 32:35; Rom 12:9); but Jacob's sons planned a scheme of revenge in the most deceitful manner.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 34:7

He had wrought folly in Israel - The land, afterwards generally called Israel, was not as yet so named; and the sons of Jacob were neither called Israel, Israelites nor Jews, till long after this. How then can it be said that Shechem had wrought folly in Israel? The words are capable of a more literal translation: בישראל beyisrael, may be translated, against Israel. The angel had said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob - not only Jacob, but Israel. It was this that aggravated the offense of Shechem; he wrought folly against Israel, the prince of God, in lying with the daughter of Jacob. Here both the names are given; Jacob, whose daughter was defiled, and Israel, the prince of God, agai…

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John Gill on Genesis 34:7

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field, when they heard it,..... Either by a messenger Jacob sent to them, to acquaint them with it, or by some other hand: however, be it as it will, as soon as they heard of the abuse of their sister, they immediately left their flocks to the care of their servants, and came to their father's tent: and the men were grieved and were very wroth; they were grieved for the sin committed against God, very probably, as well as for the injury done to their sister, and they were wroth against Shechem the author of it: because he had wrought folly in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter; all sin is folly, being a transgression of the law of God founded in th…

Dictionary and topics

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…
Field — (Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Gen. 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Gen. 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps. 132:6)…
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…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 34:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:6-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 34:7

Adam Clarke on Genesis 34:7

John Gill on Genesis 34:7

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 34:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:6-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 34:7

Adam Clarke on Genesis 34:7

John Gill on Genesis 34:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 34:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 34:5-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 34:5-7

Rashi on Genesis 34:2