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Hamor (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)

The Canaanite ruler of Shechem. His son raped Dinah, and while Hamor tried to arrange a marriage, Simeon and Levi talked the men of the city into circumcision and killed them while they were still in pain.

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The Canaanite ruler of Shechem. His son raped Dinah, and while Hamor tried to arrange a marriage, Simeon and Levi talked the men of the city into circumcision and killed them while they were still in pain.

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Hamor was the Canaanite ruler of Shechem whose son raped Jacob's daughter Dinah, and his attempt to negotiate a peaceful marriage settlement ended in a massacre when Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi tricked the city's men into circumcision and slaughtered them while they were incapacitated.

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H2544

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  • Genesis 33:19
  • Genesis 34:2
  • Genesis 34:4
  • Genesis 34:6
  • Genesis 34:8
  • Genesis 34:13
  • Genesis 34:18
  • Genesis 34:20
  • Genesis 34:24
  • Genesis 34:26
  • Joshua 24:32
  • Judges 9:28

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