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10 Dinah Facts You Should Know. By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. 1. She Was the Daughter of Jacob and Leah. Scripture tells us that Jacob’s four wives bore 12 sons. After we read of the birth of 10 sons (six of whom were born to Leah), 1 we are told, “And afterward, [Leah] bore a daughter, and she named her Dinah.” 2.
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Dinah is first mentioned in Genesis 30:21 as the daughter of Leah and Jacob, born to Leah after she bore six sons to Jacob. In Genesis 34, Dinah went out to visit the women of Shechem, where her people had made camp and where her father Jacob had purchased the land where he had pitched his tent. Shechem (son of Hamor, the prince of the land ...
Jun 8, 2024 · Jacob is also known as Israel, the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. But, the story of Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, is more in line with a made-for-tv movie than an entertaining musical. Dinah’s story is hard to read, hard to understand, and challenging to teach to each new generation. It’s not ideal material for children’s books or ...
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Jacob had 12 sons and one daughter, Dinah. As can be imagined, this daughter was well-protected under the watchful eyes of her holy brothers. Sarah was abducted by Pharaoh and again by Abimelech For many years, Jacob lived in Charan and worked for his father-in-law, Laban.
Jun 23, 2021 · The story of Dinah recounts an episode in which the girl (or young woman) goes out to see the “daughters of the land” (34:1) but is raped, seduced, and/or abducted by Shechem, a Hivite prince, who subsequently falls in love with her. Shechem asks his father, Hamor, to negotiate marriage terms. Jacob is silent on the matter, but Dinah’s ...
Dina, derived from words for “just,” “justice” and “judge.”. In the context of Genesis 34:1, 3, 13, 26 Dinah is the daughter of Jacob and Leah. During an inspection of the land and a visit with the pagan women she is criminally assaulted by a certain Shechem, the son of the ruler, Hamor, stated to be a Hivite.
Further, he so “desired her” (Genesis 24:8) that he was willing to pay a very high bride-price to find favor in the eyes of the family (Genesis 34:1-12). While the residents agree to circumcise themselves because they stand to gain not only women but a great many livestock (Genesis 34:23), Shechem seems genuinely emotionally attached to Dinah.
