Passage Research
Genesis 34 — Sermon Preparation
Shechem assaults Dinah; Simeon and Levi use the ruse of circumcision to massacre the men of Shechem in revenge. Below is a research summary for Genesis 34, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 34 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁכֶם | Shᵉkem | H7927 | 11 | Shekem |
| חֲמוֹר | chămôwr | H2543 | 11 | ass, red |
| בַּת | bath | H1323 | 14 | daughter |
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 12 | Jaakob |
| דִּינָה | Dîynâh | H1783 | 6 | Dinah |
| לָקַח | lâqach | H3947 | 9 | take |
| מוּל | mûwl | H4135 | 5 | cut, curtail |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 34, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Indulged children, like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 34:1–19 (Public Domain)
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