He was the chief of the Hivites, the native inhabitants of Canaan. After Jacob formed his family and returned to his homeland, he settled in Shechem (place name). At that time, he bought land from Hamor for money, and it became an inheritance for Jacob's descendants for generations.
Genesis 33:18He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.Genesis 33:19He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.Genesis 33:20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
이후, 하몰의 아들 세겜은 놀러나온 야곱의 딸 디나를 겁탈했는데, 그 뒤에 디나가 마음에 들어 아버지 하몰에게 디나와 결혼하고 싶은 뜻을 밝힌다. 이에, 하몰은 야곱에게 찾아가 정식으로 결혼을 요청한다.
Genesis 34:1Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.Genesis 34:2His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.Genesis 34:3Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”Genesis 34:4Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.Genesis 34:5Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.Genesis 34:6The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing ought not to be done.Genesis 34:7Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.Genesis 34:8Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
그러나 이 사실에 분노한 디나의 오빠들, 즉 시므온과 레위(야곱의 아들)에 의해 죽임을 당했다.
Genesis 34:25They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.Genesis 34:26Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.Genesis 34:27They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,