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Shechem (son of Chamor): Son of Hamor, the governor of the city of Shechem. Kidnapped and violated Dinah the daughter of Jacob. Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi avenged this deed, destroying the city of Shechem and killing all its adult male inhabitants.
The Destruction of Shechem, The War against the Seven Kings
The women in Abraham’s family were abducted (or nearly abducted) no less than four times . . .
Jacob (Yaakov in Hebrew) was the third and final of the Jewish Patriarchs. Jacob lived in the Land of Canaan, Haran, and Egypt. Unlike Abraham and Isaac, Jacob’s entire family remained righteous—his 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel, the Shevatim. Th...
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