Verses 1-4 And Dinah went out, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem saw her, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land; and he took her, and lay with her, and ravished her. And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke comfortingly to the young woman.^a And Shechem spoke to Hamor his father, saying, Get me this girl for a wife.

'Dinah went out' means the affection for all things of faith, and also means the Church arising from that affection. 'The daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob' means in things that are external. 'To see the daughters of the land' means to get to know the affections for truth, and the Churches which arise from these. 'And Shechem saw her' means truth. 'The son of Hamor the Hivite' means received from the Ancients. 'The prince of the land' means which was first and foremost among the Churches. 'And he took her, and lay with her, and ravished her' means that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by the sons of Jacob, her brothers. 'And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob' means the inclination to be joined to it. 'And he loved the young woman and spoke comfortingly to her' means love. 'And Shechem spoke to Hamor his father' means thought from truth among the Ancients. 'Saying, Get me this girl for a wife' means that it wished to be joined to the affection for that truth.

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