Genesis 30:21

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

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Interpretation

The desire, good in itself, but often too great and irregular, of being the mother of the promised Seed, with the honour of having many children, and the reproach of being barren, were causes of this unbecoming contest between the sisters.

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This thought runs through Genesis 30:19-21.

Genesis 30:19 Genesis 30:20 Genesis 30:21

Glossary

Dinah Person: Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi ( Gen. 30:21 ). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem.