John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren ,.... To the father and brethren of Dinah; he addressed them after his father Hamor had done speaking: let me find grace in your eyes ; forgive the offence committed, the injury done to Dinah, and grant the request of her marriage, and it will be considered as a great favour: and what ye shall say unto me, I will give ; to her, to her parents, to her brethren and relations; let what will be fixed, shall be given; which showed... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 34:6-17
Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it. It is here called folly in Israel (Gen. 34:7), according to the language of after-times; for Israel was not yet a people, but a family only. Note, 1. Uncleanness is folly; for it sacrifices the favour of God,... read more