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Dinah

Genesis
When
Name meaning

"judged, vindicated" · Hebrew

About

Daughter of Jacob and Leah. When she went out to visit the women of the land she was violated by Shechem, a local prince. His family's offer of marriage led her brothers Simeon and Levi to deceive and kill the men of the city in revenge — an act Jacob condemned on his deathbed.

Relationships
FatherJacobFather
MotherLeahMother
BrotherSimeonBrother who avenged her
BrotherLeviBrother who avenged her
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Genesis 30:21
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.Genesis 30:21, KJV
Genesis 34:1
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.Genesis 34:1, KJV
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 34:25, KJV
Genesis 46:15
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.Genesis 46:15, KJV

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