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Shechem שְׁכֶם
Shechem, founder of a Hivite city where Jacob's daughter Dinah was raped.
Family
| Father | Hamor |
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Where Shechem appears
Genesis (11)
Key verses
- Genesis 33:19 first mention — And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
- Genesis 34:2 — And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
- Genesis 34:4 — And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
- Genesis 34:6 — And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
- Genesis 34:8 — And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
- Genesis 34:11 — And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
- Genesis 34:13 — And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
- Genesis 34:18 — And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
- Genesis 34:20 — And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
- Genesis 34:24 — And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
- Genesis 34:26 — And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.