Jacob Hides Dinah in a Chest from Esau and Withholds Kindness

"And his eleven children" (Genesis 32:23). Where was Dinah? He placed her in a chest and locked it before her. He said: "This wicked one"—that is, Esau—"his eye is haughty, lest he see her and take her from me." The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: "To one who withholds kindness from his fellow" (Job 6:14)—you withheld kindness from your brother, for you placed her inside the chest, and you did not give her to him in marriage so that he might be brought to circumcision. By your life, behold, she will be married to an uncircumcised one! You did not seek to have her married by way of the permitted; behold, she will be married by way of the forbidden. This is what is written: "And Dinah the daughter of Leah went out" (Genesis 34:1). From where did she go out? From the chest. It is said here "and she went out," and it is said elsewhere "and Noah went out" (Genesis 8:18). Just as there, from the ark, so too here, from the chest.