The first alternative, this may be harsh, rejecting the whole episode of genesis 29 to chapter 34, as not being historically true. And his soul clave unto dinah the daughter of jacob, and he loved the. The lord also began the world in the book of genesis, he made the heavens and the earth, man and woman. We have in this chapter, judahs marriage and issue, and the untimely death of his two eldest sons, ver. Genesis 38 new international version niv judah and tamar. Home salvation our mission sermon central guest book search this site contact us. So, since its been awhile that weve been together, lets re. By way of a levirate union, judah asked his second son, onan, to provide offspring for tamar so that the family line might continue.
Verses of genesis chapter 34 king james bible verse. I should rather suppose that this chapter originally stood after genesis 33, and that it got by accident into this place. Genesis 34 new american bible revised edition nabre chapter 34. Genesis 38 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Two particularly interesting stories in genesis that digress distinctly from the main story are the rape of dinah in chapter 34 and the story of tamar and judah in chapter 38.
This portion of the book of genesis deals primarily with the family of abraham and his descendants, including dinah, her father jacob, and her brothers. The book of genesis the book of genesis as a series of. So we should not be amazed to read an account of judah and his descendants. Genesis 111 the book of genesis is often referred to as the book of beginnings. Genesis 38 judah and tamar at that time, judah bible. Genesis chapter 34 book of jubilees chapter 30 midrash and haggadah. Here we see god blessing jacob even after his children committed horrible acts. In genesis chapter 38, tamar is first described as marrying judahs eldest son, er. In chapter 34, we saw the incident with dinah being violated and then jacobs sons killing the whole town. Last time we began to study genesis chapter 38, which is a story about the 4th son of jacob alternately called israel. So it is that at the beginning of chapter 34, after jacob and his family have been settled for some time at shechem, that the bible says, dinah, the daughter leah. While genesis, the first book of the bible, seems to follow a distinct. Old history consisting of creation of heavens and earth and then fall of adam till flood of noah and second part which mainly consists of the history records of four great human beings 1 abraham chapter 1225, 2 isaac chapter 25, 3 jacob chapter 2550 and 4.
Judah was the sound thinking half brother who convinced his other brother not to kill joseph but to sell him into slavery instead. Genesis 34 niv dinah and the shechemites now dinah, bible. Read genesis 38 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. By extension, he is indirectly eponymous of the kingdom of judah, the land of judea and the word jew according to the narrative in genesis, judah with tamar is the patrilinear ancestor of the davidic line. We are wanting to make introduction videos for every book of the bible using spoken word poetry to tell the story. And when shechem the son of hamor the hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. Dinah and the shechemites now dinah, the daughter leah had borne to jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. This bible study devotional covers genesis chapters 3436. This chapter gives us an account of judah and his family, and such an account it is that one would wonder that, of all jacobs sons, our. Chapter 38 shifts abruptly away from jacob, joseph, and josephs brothers. The book of genesis, the first book of the hebrew bible and the old testament, is an account of the creation of the world and the origins of the jewish people it is divisible into two parts, the primeval history chapters 111 and the ancestral history chapters 1250.
I should rather suppose that this chapter originally stood. Holy bible old testament the book of genesis, chapter 34. Commentary for genesis 38 the profligate conduct of judah and his family. For though these words, as le clerc well observes, seem to connect the following events with those spoken of in the former chapter, yet some of them, particularly judahs marriage, which leads to the rest, must have. The characters of the book of genesis who are mentioned are, once again, abraham four times and jacob thirtyfour times. Genesis 38, new king james version nkjv the bible app. How little reason had the jews, who were so called from this judah, to boast, as they did, that they were not born of fornication. Dinah and the shechemites now dinah, the daughter leah had borne to jacob, went. The authors of genesis share this common literary technique with homer. Although the indications are that judahs main concern was to save jo. These references occur only in the psalms, but do refer to the promises. With the apparent death of princess diana, this is a good time to recall the person after whom she was named. Although the chapter features dinah, the only daughter of leah and one of the few biblical daughters identified by their mothers name 1, even feminist readers have often ignored this chapter in the bible. She is born to leah after leah has given birth to six sons.
And dinah the daughter of leah, which she bare unto jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Genesis starts with a narrative of gods creation of the universe, before focusing on the first two people and how they came to reject gods paradise. The traditional view is that moses wrote genesis as well as almost all the rest of the torah, doubtlessly using varied sources but synthesizing all of them together to give the hebrews a written history of their ancestors. This chapter gives an account of judah and his family, and such an account it is, that it seems a wonder that of all jacobs sons, our lord should spring out of judah, hebrews 7. But god will show that his choice is of grace and not of merit, and that christ came into the world to save sinners, even the chief. David guzik commentary on genesis 34 where dinah, the daughter of leah, gets raped and her brothers, simeon and levi, destroy the city of shechem.
In the book of genesis, tamar was the daughterinlaw of judah twice, as well as the mother. Some refer to the time of jacobs coming from padanaram into canaan, soon after he came to shechem, and before the affair of dinah. And when shechem the son of hamor the hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and. Genesis 38, new international version niv the bible app. Defiling dinah bible study jesus in all of genesis 34. Defiling dinah bible study jesus in all of genesis 3436. Because of this some scholars of the more liberal persuasion have done a great injustice to this chapter. Genesis 38 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. In the jewish tradition, it is the first book of the torah and known as bereshit in the beginning. Paul, 2000 women in genesis women play a crucial role in many places in genesis this emphasis rises from two basic concerns. I should rather suppose that this chapter originally stood after genesis 33.
The text from genesis is very clear, she could not be more than 9 years old. Dinah is the daughter of jacob, the father of twelve sons and thus the twelve tribes in the ancestor narratives of genesis. Genesis chapter 38 judah and his wife have three children, er, onan, and shelah. Genesis is the first book that begins the old testament, it is also the first book of the entire bible. Genesis 34 new international version niv dinah and the shechemites. The story of dinah is to be found in chapter 34 of the book of genesis of the bible. If in genesis violence pollutes the earth, then this is a major oil spill. Then her story is hijacked, the violence of men driving everything else that happens to her. Dinah the slaughter of shechemites genesis, book of jubilees visual bible.