Overview of Genesis 34–36 (KJV)

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Overview of Genesis 34–36 (KJV)

Genesis 34 – The Defilement of Dinah

  • Dinah, Jacob’s daughter by Leah, goes out to visit the women of the land.

  • Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, takes her and defiles her.

  • He desires to marry her and speaks kindly afterward.

  • Hamor negotiates with Jacob and his sons, offering intermarriage and trade.

  • Jacob’s sons, especially Simeon and Levi, deceitfully agree if all males of Shechem are circumcised.

  • On the third day, when the men are sore, Simeon and Levi kill all the males and rescue Dinah.

  • Jacob rebukes them for endangering the family by making them odious among the inhabitants.


Genesis 35 – Jacob Returns to Bethel

  • God commands Jacob to go to Bethel and build an altar.

  • Jacob puts away foreign gods from his household, purifies them, and goes up to Bethel.

  • God confirms His covenant with Jacob, changing his name again to Israel.

  • Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dies and is buried under the oak of Bethel.

  • Rachel dies in childbirth, giving birth to Benjamin, and is buried near Bethlehem.

  • Reuben sins by laying with Bilhah, his father’s concubine.

  • A list of Jacob’s twelve sons is recorded.

  • Isaac dies at 180 years old and is buried by Esau and Jacob.


Genesis 36 – The Generations of Esau

  • A genealogy of Esau (also called Edom) is given in detail.

  • His wives, sons, and grandsons are listed.

  • The chiefs (dukes) descended from Esau are named.

  • Kings who reigned in Edom before Israel had kings are recorded.

  • The chapter establishes Esau as the father of the Edomites, a nation distinct from Israel.


? In summary:

  • Genesis 34 – Dinah defiled, Simeon & Levi’s violent vengeance.

  • Genesis 35 – Jacob purifies his house, returns to Bethel, Rachel dies, and Isaac dies.

  • Genesis 36 – Esau’s descendants become the nation of Edom.

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