And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
The daughter named is Dinah, the daughter whom Leah bore to Jacob. Her going out to see the daughters of the land was a venturing into association with the ungodly. To seek pleasure among those who do not fear God is to place oneself on Satan's ground and to invite temptation. That single step began a chain that ended in shame and sorrow for Dinah herself, in guilt of murder for her two brothers Simeon and Levi, and in ruin and slaughter for a whole city in retaliation for the lawless deed of one rash youth.
The episode thus introduced involves the Shechemites and is marked by the deception of Simeon and Levi and by their cruel, revengeful destruction of the people of Shechem. Their violence and fierce anger stand condemned, and Jacob's later words pronounce that Simeon and Levi shall be divided and scattered among Israel.
The daughter named is Dinah, the daughter whom Leah bore to Jacob. Her going out to see the daughters of the land was a venturing into association with the ungodly. To seek pleasure among those who do not fear God is to place oneself on Satan's ground and to invite temptation. That single step began a chain that ended in shame and sorrow for Dinah herself, in guilt of murder for her two brothers Simeon and Levi, and in ruin and slaughter for a whole city in retaliation for the lawless deed of one rash youth.
The episode thus introduced involves the Shechemites and is marked by the deception of Simeon and Levi and by their cruel, revengeful destruction of the people of Shechem. Their violence and fierce anger stand condemned, and Jacob's later words pronounce that Simeon and Levi shall be divided and scattered among Israel.