Genesis 30 · Verse 21

Genesis 30:21

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Genesis 30:21, King James Version

Genesis 30:21 in other translations

BSBAfter that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
WEBAfterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
ASVAnd afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
YLTand afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.
DARBYAnd afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
BBEAfter that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.
WebsterAnd afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

What does Genesis 30:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. afterwards, she bare a daughter--The inferior value set on a daughter is displayed in the bare announcement of the birth.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 And called her name Dinah - דינה dinah, judgment. As Rachel had called her son by Bilhah Dan, Gen 30:6, so Leah calls her daughter Dinah, God having judged and determined for her, as well as for her sister in the preceding instance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:14-24

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. The truth appears to be, that they were influenced by the promises of God to Abraham; whose posterity were promised the richest blessings, and from whom the Messiah was to descend.

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Genesis 30:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַחַ֖רve.'a.Charand afterH310
יָ֣לְדָהYal.dahshe boreH3205
בַּ֑תBata daughterH1323
וַתִּקְרָ֥אva.tik.Ra'and she calledH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמָ֖הּshe.Mahname herH8034
דִּינָֽה\׃di.NahDinahH1783

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 30:21

  • Genesis 34:1-3

    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

  • Genesis 34:26

    And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

  • Genesis 46:15

    These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan–aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. cir. 2259. B.C. 1745. and called.
34:1-3,26; 46:15
Dinah. that is, Judgment.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 30:20

    And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

  • Genesis 30:21

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

  • Genesis 30:22

    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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Genesis 30:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y después parió una hija, y llamó su nombre Dina.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et après, elle enfanta une fille, et appela son nom Dina.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und danach gebar sie eine Tochter und gab ihr den Namen Dina.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Post quem peperit filiam, nomine Dinam.