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Genesis 34:1

What does Genesis 34:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 34:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 30:13

    And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

  • Genesis 28:6

    Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

  • 1 Timothy 5:13

    And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  • Genesis 30:21

    And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Genesis 46:15

    These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

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