Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 34:3
3. Spake kindly Hebrews, spoke to the heart of the girl . He won her by tender words . She appears not to have been an unwilling party to the sin . “A gadding girl,” says Schroder, “and a lad who has never gone beyond the precincts of home, are good for nothing . ” read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 34:1
1. Dinah Now grown to be a blooming girl of twelve or fourteen years . Went out to see the daughters of the land Josephus says: “While the Shechemites were observing a feast, Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob, went into the city, looking at the fashion ( κοσμον , order, or, perhaps here, ornamentation) of the women of the country . ” There is no occasion, however, for the supposition that the abduction was occasioned by any such public meeting of Dinah and Shechem . Jacob’s family had... read more