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Shechem in the Bible.

The son of Hamor the Hivite. The King James Version names Shechem in 11 verses, from Genesis 33:19 to Genesis 34:26. The King James Version also gives the name Shechem to 2 other people, listed on this page.

Shechem’s family.

Father
Himself
Shechem

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Shechem’s own words.

Shechem speaks in 3 verses of the King James Version, all in Genesis.

His first words in the Bible
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
Genesis 34:4 ›

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Who Shechem was.

The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 11 verses that name this Shechem.

Genesis 11

  • Genesis 33:19And 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 34:2And 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 34:4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
  • Genesis 34:6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
  • Genesis 34:8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
  • Genesis 34:11And 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 34:13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
  • Genesis 34:18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
  • Genesis 34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
  • Genesis 34:24And 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 34:26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

Other people called Shechem.

Shechem, a descendant of Manasseh.

Named in 2 verses.

  • Numbers 26:31And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
  • Joshua 17:2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

Shechem, Son of Shemida.

Named in 1 verse.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:19And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

Questions about Shechem.

Who was Shechem in the Bible?

The son of Hamor the Hivite. The King James Version names Shechem in 11 verses, from Genesis 33:19 to Genesis 34:26.

Who was Shechem’s father?

Hamor.

Where does Shechem speak in the Bible?

In 3 verses of the King James Version, all in Genesis. His first words are in Genesis 34:4.

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