# Who is Abimelek, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? "We should not serve Abimelek, that is, Shechem!" # Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal? Is Zebul not his overseer? "He is just the son of Jerub-Baal, and Zebul is just his overseer." # overseer Zebul oversaw Abimelek's slaves, servants, and laborers. # Zebul This is the name of a man. # Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father Gaal means the people of Shechem should serve those who descended from Hamor; that is, those who are truly Canaanites, and not serve someone whose father was an Israelite.