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Genesis 34:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 5
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.Genesis 34:5 · King James Version
Genesis 34:5 in context
3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- defiledṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- cattlemiqnehsomething boughtH4735 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- DinahDîynâhDinah, the daughter of JacobH1783 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5