Dinah (DYE-nuh) — Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Genesis 34 records her sexual assault by Shechem and the violent revenge carried out by her brothers Simeon and Levi.
Birth year: Unknown.
Death year: Unknown.
Active during: The patriarchal narratives in Genesis; no secure calendar years are supplied.
Home region: Jacob’s household near Shechem.
Main passages: Genesis 30:21; 34.
Story and role
Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Genesis 34 records her sexual assault by Shechem and the violent revenge carried out by her brothers Simeon and Levi.
How the dates were determined
The biblical text places Dinah within this broad period: The patriarchal narratives in Genesis; no secure calendar years are supplied. Where an approximate calendar date is shown, it follows a conventional historical reconstruction rather than a date stated in Scripture. BC means “before Christ”; AD marks years in the traditional Christian calendar.
Limits of the evidence
Genesis does not provide Dinah’s age, death, or direct speech in the aftermath. The ancient city of Shechem is commonly associated with Tell Balata beside modern Nablus, but the narrative supplies no street-level location. The artwork is an imagined historical illustration, not a known likeness.
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