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Hamor

13 verses · 1 family member

Also known as: Emmor

Verses Mentioning Hamor

  1. From the sons of Hamor Sh'khem's father he bought for one hundred pieces of silver the parcel of land where he had pitched his tent.

  2. and Sh'khem the son of Hamor the Hivi, the local ruler, saw her, grabbed her, raped her and humiliated her.

  3. Sh'khem spoke with his father Hamor and said, "Get this girl for me; I want her to be my wife."

  4. Hamor the father of Sh'khem went out to Ya'akov to speak with him

  5. But Hamor said to them, "My son Sh'khem's heart is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife;

  6. The sons of Ya'akov answered Sh'khem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

  7. What they said seemed fair to Hamor and Sh'khem the son of Hamor,

  8. Hamor and Sh'khem his son came to the entrance of their city and spoke with its leading men:

  9. Everyone going out the city's gate listened to Hamor and Sh'khem his son; so every male was circumcised, every one that went out the gate of the city.

  10. They killed Hamor and Sh'khem his son with their swords, took Dinah out of Sh'khem's house, and left.

  11. The bones of Yosef, which the people of Isra'el had brought up from Egypt, they buried in Sh'khem, in the parcel of ground which Ya'akov had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Sh'khem for a hundred pieces of silver; and they became a possession of the descendants of Yosef.

  12. Ga'al the son of a slave said, "Who is Avimelekh? Think of the contrast with Sh'khem! Why should we serve Avimelekh? Isn't he the son of Yeruba'al? Isn't Z'vul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Sh'khem! Why should we serve Avimelekh?

  13. Their bodies were removed to Sh’khem and buried in the tomb Avraham had bought from the family of Hamor in Sh’khem for a certain sum of money.