Who
The daughter of Jacob and Leah. “Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land” (Genesis 34:1), and Shechem, the son of the prince of the city, took her and lay with her. He sought her in marriage, and the men of the city agreed to be circumcised; but while they were sore her brothers Simeon and Levi killed them all (Genesis 34:25). Jacob rebuked them, and in his last words cursed their anger (Genesis 49:5–7). She is the only daughter of Jacob whom Scripture names.
Key verses
- Genesis 34:1
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 34:25
On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
Where the Bible names her
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Comments on the verses that name her.
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- Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.30
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- Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII III.34
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