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In the Book of Genesis, Dinah (; ) was the seventh child and only named daughter of Leah and Jacob. The episode of her rape by Shechem, son of a Canaanite or Hivite prince, and the subsequent revenge of her brothers Simeon and Levi, commonly referred to as the rape of Dinah, is told in Genesis 34.

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Person.name
Dinah
Person.native_name
דִּינָה
Person.native_name_lang
he
Person.pronunciation
Dina
Person.image
File:Dinah tissot.jpg
Person.caption
The abduction of Dinah, depicted by James Tissot
Person.birth_date
7 Tishrei
Person.father
Jacob
Person.spouse
unknown
Person.mother
Leah

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Dinah
date of birth
1700-00-00
date of death
1590-00-00
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  • In Genesis
  • Last mention of Dinah in the Bible
  • Origin of Genesis 34
  • In rabbinic literature
  • Simeon and Levi
  • Travel to Egypt
  • In apocryphical literature
  • In culture
  • Symbol of black womanhood
  • In literature
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

In the Book of Genesis, Dinah (; ) was the seventh child and only named daughter of Leah and Jacob. The episode of her rape by Shechem, son of a Canaanite or Hivite prince, and the subsequent revenge of her brothers Simeon and Levi, commonly referred to as the rape of Dinah, is told in Genesis 34.

==In Genesis==

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