Genesis 34 · Verse 3

Genesis 34:3

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis 34:3, King James Version

Genesis 34:3 in other translations

BSBAnd his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
WEBHis soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
ASVAnd his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
YLTand his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
DARBYAnd his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.
BBEThen his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.
WebsterAnd his soul cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.

What does Genesis 34:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 34:1-4

Ge 34:1-31. The Dishonor of Dinah. 1-4. Though freed from foreign troubles, Jacob met with a great domestic calamity in the fall of his only daughter. According to Josephus, she had been attending a festival; but it is highly probable that she had been often and freely mixing in the society of the place and that she, being a simple, inexperienced, and vain young woman, had been flattered by the attentions of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Spake kindly unto the damsel - Literally, he spake to the heart of the damsel - endeavored to gain her affections, and to reconcile her to her disgrace. It appears sufficiently evident from this and the preceding verse that there had been no consent on the part of Dinah, that the whole was an act of violence, and that she was now detained by force in the house of Shechem. Here she was found when Simeon and Levi sacked the city, Gen 34:26.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 34:1-19

Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children…

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Genesis 34:3 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.

וַתִּדְבַּ֣קva.tid.Bakand it cleavedH1692
נַפְשׁ֔וֹnaf.Shoself hisH5315
בְּדִינָ֖הbe.di.Nahto DinahH1783
בַּֽת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
וַיֶּֽאֱהַב֙vai.ye.'e.Havand he lovedH157
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ha.na.'a.Rathe girlH5291
וַיְדַבֵּ֖רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
עַל\־'al-toH5921
לֵ֥בlev[the] heart ofH3820
הַֽנַּעֲרָֽ\׃Ha.na.'a.rathe girlH5291

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

Cross references for Genesis 34:3

  • Hosea 2:14

    Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

  • Isaiah 40:2

    Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:22

    And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

  • Ruth 1:14

    And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

  • 2 Samuel 19:7

    Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

  • 1 Samuel 18:1

    And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
soul.
Ru 1:14; 1Sa 18:1
kindly unto the damsel. Heb. to the heart of the damsel.
2Sa 19:7; 2Ch 30:22; Isa 40:2; Ho 2:14; *marg:

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Context

  • Genesis 34:2

    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.

  • Genesis 34:3

    And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

  • Genesis 34:4

    And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

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Genesis 34:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas su alma se apegó á Dina la hija de Lea, y enamoróse de la moza, y habló al corazón de la joven.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et son âme s’attacha à Dina, fille de Jacob, et il aima la jeune fille, et parla au cœur de la jeune fille.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und seine Seele hing an Dina, der Tochter Jakobs, und er liebte die Dirne und redete zum Herzen der Dirne.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea, tristemque delinivit blanditiis.