How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
When they grew to boyhood and left her side, Zilpah sorrowed over the fact that she had no girl to teach. (1.3.52)
The sex of a child was very important for the daughters of Laban. Though many women wished to have sons to appease their husbands, these women all wanted daughters; unfortunately, only one—Dinah—is born into the family. And to put it lightly, things don't exactly go as planned with her.
Quote #8
That was the first time I heard women's voices and men's voices raised in song together, and throughout the journey the boundaries between the men's lives and the women's relaxed. (2.3.21)
The division between men and women is so strong in this world that Dinah is amazed to hear them sing in harmony.