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Shechem

Facts:

Shechem is a town in Canaan located about 40 miles north of Jerusalem. Shechem is also the name of a man in the Old Testament.

• The town of Shechem is where Jacob settled after being reconciled to his brother Esau.
• Jacob bought land from the sons of Hamor the Hivite in Shechem, which later became his family burial ground and where Jacob's sons buried him.
• Hamor's son Shechem raped Jacob's daughter Dinah, which resulted in Jacob's sons killing all the men in the town of Shechem.

(Translation suggestions: ../other/hamor.md

(See also: ../other/canaan.md, ../other/esau.md, ../other/hamor.md, ../other/hivite.md, ../other/jacob.md)

Bible References:

• Acts 07:14-16
• Genesis 12:6-7
• Genesis 33:18-20
• Genesis 37:12-14