Hamor

Hamor is a man living at the time of the Patriarchs. He is named in 13 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 33:19.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 33:19
  And 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.And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
• Genesis 34:2
  And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
• Genesis 34:4
  And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
• Genesis 34:6
  And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
• Genesis 34:8
  And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
• Genesis 34:13
  And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
• Genesis 34:18
  And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
• Genesis 34:20
  And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
• Genesis 34:24
  And 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.All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
• Genesis 34:26
  And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

Joshua

• Joshua 24:32
  And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

Judges

• Judges 9:28
  And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

Acts

• Acts 7:16
  And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.