Creation & Patriarchs
Birth of Dinah
Birth of Dinah is dated ≈ 1920 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1750 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Genesis 30:21. Dinah, Jacob (Israel), Leah are part of it.
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- ≈ 1920 BC (placed between the dated events around it)
- Traditional reckoning
- 1750 BC
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Dinah
- Jacob (Israel)
- Leah
Which verses connect to Genesis 30:21?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Genesis 34:1–34 votes
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. …
- Genesis 34:263 votes
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
- Genesis 46:153 votes
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.