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1. Son of Hamor the Hivite. He raped Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and was later killed along with his father and all the males of his town by Simeon and Levi (Gn 34; Jos 24:32).

Show passage in OET: JOS 24:32

OET-RV JOS 24:32

32 They buried Yosef’s (Joseph) bones (that they had carried out from Mitsrayim (Egypt)) in Shekem—in the portion of the field that Ya’akov (Jacob) had bought from the sons of Hamor (Shekem’s father) for a hundred coins, and that land became the inheritance of Yosef’s descendants.

OET-LV JOS 24:32

32 And_DOM the _bones _of Yōşēf/(Joseph) which the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _had _brought _up from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) they _buried at_Shəkem in_the _portion _of the_field which Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) he _had _bought from_with the _sons _of Ḩₐmōr the _father _of Shəkem for_a _hundred piece[s]_of _money and_they _were of_the _descendants _of of _Yōşēf (into)_an_inheritance.

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2. One of Gilead’s six sons, a descendant of Joseph through Manasseh’s line, and the founder of the Shechemite family (Nm 26:31; Jos 17:2).

Show passage in OET: NUM 26:31

OET-RV NUM 26:31

31 Asriel, Shekem,

OET-LV NUM 26:31

31 And_ʼAsrī^ʼēl the _clan _of the _ʼAsrī^ʼēlite[s] and_Shəkem the _clan _of the _Shəkemite[s].

Show passage in OET: JOS 17:2

OET-RV JOS 17:2

2 The other Menasheh clans that were allocated land were the Aviezer, Helek, Asriel, Shekem, Hefer, and Shemida clans. (They were the sons of Yosef’s son Menasheh who led their own clans.)

OET-LV JOS 17:2

2 And_he/it _was to_the _descendants _of Mənashsheh who_remained to_their_clans to_the _descendants _of ʼAⱱīˊezer and_to_the _descendants _of Ḩēleq and_to_the _descendants _of ʼAsrī^ʼēl and_to_the _descendants _of Shəkem and_to_the _descendants _of Ḩēfer and_to_the _descendants _of Shəmīdāˊ these were_the _descendants _of Mənashsheh the _son _of Yōşēf the_males to_their_clans.

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