![]() Jacob agreed but added the demand that they and the men of the city be circumcised. He and his father approached Jacob and offered a generous bride price. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel (KJV Genesis 34:1-3) so much so that he wanted to marry her. 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. And while Jacob speaks, Dinah’s voice is not heard at all.ĭinah went out to see the daughters of the land. ![]() Dinah appears only in chapter 34 of the Book of Genesis and her name is mentioned here only six times, half as many as that of her father, Jacob. One story easily overlooked is that of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, the Old Testament Patriarch, father of the twelve men who formed the tribes of Israel. ![]() The Bible is filled with so many, many stories that it is easy to read superficially without thinking much beyond the words on the page. ![]()
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