Dinah Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, was raped by Shechem, leading to a violent confrontation between her brothers and the Shechemites.
daughter of Jacob (GEN 30:21), daughter of Leah
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Names
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Dinah
judgment; who judges
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Dinah
· Also called · H1783 none · GEN 30:21 female judge
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דִּינָֽה
diynah · H1783 · GEN 30:21 female judge
- he דִּינָה · H1783
- el Δινα Dina · none · GEN 30:21
- bg Дина
Birth
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Dates and sources (4)
Absolute years are conditional chronological estimates. A biblical passage may state an age or event, but does not by itself establish a BCE year. Different calendar systems are preserved separately.
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Birth Theographic Matches the current date; this is not historical verificationTheographic signed year:
-1750· Calendar interpretation is unverified; the raw value is shown.Person mentions; these are not evidence for this date: 8
Source record and calculation
dinah_1012·birthYeartheographic/People.csv· record 692SHA-256:6072b3ec15213524eaf65da8845ede806615f82d0e1e9dd1da546c55b776f1e1 -
Birth BibleData Alternative estimateBibleData BCE year:
1701→ ≈ 1701 BCSource record and calculation
Birth_Dinah_1·bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 87The year of Dinah_1's birth is the year Jacob_1 married Leah_1 (2254) + time for her to conceive and bear daughter (7) = 2261 (thought to be a twin of Zebulun).*HYPOTHESIS: Jacob's marriage to Leah + ~7 years to conceive and bear another child. *EXTRA-BIBLICAL SOURCE: Eliezer Shulman's "The Sequence of Events in the Old Testament" (page 28) places Dinah's birth in the year 2199 AM as a twin of Zebulun, 7 years after Leah is given to Jacob in marriage. "Afterward" in GEN 30:21 is taken to mean MINUTES afterward. *EXTRA-BIBLICAL HISTORY: Dinah is thought to be the twin of Zebulun. See Ibn Ezra on Genesis 30:21 and Talmud, Bava Batra 123a.SHA-256:690a4635aa248781a8f6672ebf4346491e322ca780730bca5e91274681d2b0e7 -
Birth BibleData Alternative estimateAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
2261→ ≈ 1744 BCSource record and calculation
Birth_Dinah_1·event_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 87The year of Dinah_1's birth is the year Jacob_1 married Leah_1 (2254) + time for her to conceive and bear daughter (7) = 2261 (thought to be a twin of Zebulun).*HYPOTHESIS: Jacob's marriage to Leah + ~7 years to conceive and bear another child. *EXTRA-BIBLICAL SOURCE: Eliezer Shulman's "The Sequence of Events in the Old Testament" (page 28) places Dinah's birth in the year 2199 AM as a twin of Zebulun, 7 years after Leah is given to Jacob in marriage. "Afterward" in GEN 30:21 is taken to mean MINUTES afterward. *EXTRA-BIBLICAL HISTORY: Dinah is thought to be the twin of Zebulun. See Ibn Ezra on Genesis 30:21 and Talmud, Bava Batra 123a.SHA-256:690a4635aa248781a8f6672ebf4346491e322ca780730bca5e91274681d2b0e7 -
Birth BibleData Unverified estimate without an established conversionShulman AM:
2199· No established conversion to a BCE/CE year.Source record and calculation
Birth_Dinah_1·shulman_am_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 87The year of Dinah_1's birth is the year Jacob_1 married Leah_1 (2254) + time for her to conceive and bear daughter (7) = 2261 (thought to be a twin of Zebulun).*HYPOTHESIS: Jacob's marriage to Leah + ~7 years to conceive and bear another child. *EXTRA-BIBLICAL SOURCE: Eliezer Shulman's "The Sequence of Events in the Old Testament" (page 28) places Dinah's birth in the year 2199 AM as a twin of Zebulun, 7 years after Leah is given to Jacob in marriage. "Afterward" in GEN 30:21 is taken to mean MINUTES afterward. *EXTRA-BIBLICAL HISTORY: Dinah is thought to be the twin of Zebulun. See Ibn Ezra on Genesis 30:21 and Talmud, Bava Batra 123a.SHA-256:690a4635aa248781a8f6672ebf4346491e322ca780730bca5e91274681d2b0e7
Took part in (1)
- Birth of Dinah · c. 1750 BC
Raper (1)
Victim (1)
Was born in (1)
- Paddan-aram · c. 1744 BC
Dinah Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Dinah was the daughter of Israel (or 'Jacob') and Leah, born after six sons (Gen 30:21). She is most prominently featured in Genesis 34, which recounts a tragic event that had far-reaching consequences for her family and the inhabitants of Shechem.
When Dinah went out to visit the women of the land, Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, saw her and raped her (Gen 34:1-2). Despite this violation, Shechem became deeply attracted to Dinah and sought to marry her (Gen 34:3-4).
Jacob learned of the incident but remained silent until his sons returned from tending the livestock (Gen 34:5). Hamor, Shechem's father, approached Jacob to arrange a marriage between Shechem and Dinah, proposing intermarriage and trade between their peoples (Gen 34:6-10).
Dinah's brothers, however, were filled with grief and fury over the defilement of their sister (Gen 34:7). They deceitfully agreed to the marriage on the condition that all the men of Shechem be circumcised (Gen 34:13-17). The Shechemites agreed, and all the men of the city were circumcised (Gen 34:18-24).
Three days later, while the men of Shechem were still in pain, Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, attacked the city, killed all the males, plundered the city, and took Dinah back (Gen 34:25-29). This action troubled Jacob, who feared retaliation from the surrounding peoples (Gen 34:30).
Dinah is later mentioned in the listing of Jacob's descendants who went to Egypt during the famine (Gen 46:15). Her story serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of sexual violence and the dangers of deceit and revenge.
Dinah Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem. This led to the terrible revenge of Simeon and Levi in putting the Shechemites to death (Gen. 34). Jacob makes frequent reference to this deed of blood with abhorrence and regret (Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7). She is mentioned among the rest of Jacob’s family that went down into Egypt (Gen. 46:8, 15).
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