Dinah

Gender: Female

Years: -1745 - -1706

Dictionary Text: Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi. She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem. This led to the terrible revenge of Simeon and Levi in putting the Shechemites to death. Jacob makes frequent reference to this deed of blood with abhorrence and regret;. She is mentioned among the rest of Jacob’s family that went down into Egypt,.

Family Members

• Father: Israel
• Mother: Leah
• Siblings:
  • Judah
  • Issachar
  • Levi
  • Simeon
  • Reuben
  • Zebulun

Verses

• Genesis 30:21: And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
• Genesis 34:25: And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
• Genesis 34:5: 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 46:15: These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
• Genesis 34:1: And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
• Genesis 34:26: And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
• Genesis 34:13: And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
• Genesis 34:3: And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.