Rabbi Tanḥuma began: “One man out of one thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I did not find” (Ecclesiastes 7:28).8The Yefe Toar explains that this comes to explain how it is possible to say that there was something improper in Leah's behavior, as mentioned by Reish Lakish above in paragraph 1. Rabbi Yehoshua in the name of Rabbi Levi began: “You neglect all my counsel” (Proverbs 1:25) – that is what is written: “The Lord God built [vayiven] the side” (Genesis 2:22).
Vayiven – he observed from where to create her…9See Bereshit Rabba 18:2 for the entire statement of Rabbi Yehoshua in the name of Rabbi Levi. God created the woman such that she should be modest, but nevertheless not all are modest. Reish Lakish cites it from here: “He erected an altar there” (Genesis 35:7).10See Bereshit Rabba 79:8 where Reish Lakish said that Jacob gave an improper name to the altar, and what happened to Dina was a punishment.
“Shekhem, son of Ḥamor the Ḥivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her, and lay with her, and violated her” (Genesis 34:2). Rabbi Berekhya said in the name of Rabbi Levi: This is analogous to one who had a litra of meat in his possession. When he revealed it, a bird swooped down and snatched it. So, “Dina, daughter of Leah…went out.”
Immediately, “Shekhem, son of Ḥamor…saw her.” Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said: She exposed her forearm.11When it says that Shekhem saw her, it was only her forearm, and no other concealed part of her body. “And lay with her, and violated her.” “And lay with her” – in the typical manner; “and violated her” – in an atypical manner.