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Dinah

8 verses · 14 family members

Verses Mentioning Dinah

  1. After this, she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah [controversy over rights].

  2. One time Dinah the daughter of Le'ah, whom she had borne to Ya'akov, went out to visit the local girls;

  3. But actually he was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Ya'akov; he fell in love with the girl and tried to win her affection.

  4. When Ya'akov heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Ya'akov restrained himself until they came.

  5. The sons of Ya'akov answered Sh'khem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

  6. On the third day after the circumcision, when they were in pain, two of Ya'akov's sons, Shim'on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords, boldly descended on the city and slaughtered all the males.

  7. They killed Hamor and Sh'khem his son with their swords, took Dinah out of Sh'khem's house, and left.

  8. These were the children of Le'ah whom she bore to Ya'akov in Paddan-Aram, with his daughter Dinah. In sum, his sons and daughters numbered thirty-three.