Génesis 34:1

1 Venganza contra Siquem
Cierto día, Dina, la hija de Jacob y Lea, fue a visitar a unas jóvenes que vivían en la región.

Génesis 34:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob
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 ^F3 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" ^F4; and it is a rule with the Jews, that every such act, which is done by force, is called an humiliation and affliction ^F5: the child begotten in this act of fornication is said ^F6 by them to be Asenath, who was had into Egypt, and brought up by Potipherah's wife as her daughter, and afterwards married to Joseph, ( Genesis 41:45 Genesis 41:50 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 1. c. 21. sect. 1.)
F4 (hneyw) , (kai etapeinwsen authn) , Sept. & afflixit eam, Pagninus, Montanus.
F5 Gerundensis apud Munster, & Drusium in loc.
F6 Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c. 33. fol. 42. 2.)

Génesis 34:1 In-Context

1 Venganza contra Siquem
Cierto día, Dina, la hija de Jacob y Lea, fue a visitar a unas jóvenes que vivían en la región.

2 Cuando el príncipe del lugar, Siquem, hijo de Hamor el heveo, vio a Dina, la tomó a la fuerza y la violó.

3 Sin embargo, luego se enamoró de ella e intentó ganarse su cariño con palabras tiernas.

4 Le dijo a su padre Hamor: «Consígueme a esta joven pues quiero casarme con ella».

5 Entonces Jacob se enteró de que Siquem había deshonrado a su hija Dina, pero como sus hijos estaban en el campo cuidando sus animales, él no dijo nada hasta que regresaron.