These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
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Interpretation
We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow.
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.
- Leah Person
- Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel ( Gen. 29:16 ). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father ( Gen. 29:23 ). She was “tender-eyed” (17).
- Paddan-aram Place
- A plain, occurring only in Gen. 48:7 , where it designates Padan-aram. Modern identification: Harran.