Not long we published an article on Genesis 34, where we showed that Dinah was married off to Abishag. The careful examination we took off the verse in Gen. 34, we found that Dinah at the time of her marriage was no older than 7-years-old. Prophet Jacob is seen in the Bible happily giving his daughter Dinah away in marriage at such an age. For more information on that article, please see the following link: “Bible: How Old Was Dinah When She Was Married To Shechem?”

In this short brief article, we aim to look at the Hebrew text closer and give further evidence from more sources that Dinah at the time of her marriage could not have been older than 8 years old, as the Bible states.

We aim to focus on the Hebrew text of Genesis 34,

“3 He became very fond of Jacob’s daughter…