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Who is Dinah?
        DI'NAH
        (judged, or avenged), the only daughter of Jacob and Leah, Gen 30:21, mentioned in Scripture, although there were probably others. The daughters were less likely to be spoken of than the sons. Jacob, on his return from Padan-aram to Canaan, halted at Shechem; here Dinah was wronged by Shechem, son of the prince Hainor. His offer of marriage was accepted on condition that he and all the other men in the town were circumcised. But while they were recovering, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's own brothers, led an attack upon them and killed them all, completely pillaged the place, and made prisoners of the women and children. Jacob's words to his sons after the act betray more fear of the anger aroused among their neighbors and its bad consequences than offence at their treachery. Gen 34:30. Dinah is mentioned with the rest of the family who went into Egypt. Gen 46:8, 2 Sam 20:15.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'dinah' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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