Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 34:1-31
- Dinah’s DishonorThis chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.Genesis 34:1-5Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where he abode some time, and the neighborhood of Shekerm,... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? But Shechem offered Dinah honorable marriage. read more