Genesis 34:17

34:17 But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”

Genesis 34:19

34:19 The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)

Genesis 46:15

46:15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.


tn Heb “listen to us.”

tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

tn Heb “daughter.” Jacob’s sons call Dinah their daughter, even though she was their sister (see v. 8). This has been translated as “sister” for clarity.

tn Heb “doing the thing.”

tn Heb “Jacob’s daughter.” The proper name “Dinah” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn The Hebrew verb כָּבֵד (kaved), translated “was…important,” has the primary meaning “to be heavy,” but here carries a secondary sense of “to be important” (that is, “heavy” in honor or respect).

tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause explains why the community would respond to him (see vv. 20-24).

tn Heb “all the lives of his sons and his daughters, thirty-three.”