shechem in English

noun

city located in the West Bank and under control of the Palestinian Authority (called Nablus in Arabic)

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1. Abimelech becomes king in Shechem (1-6)

2. Joseph’s bones buried at Shechem (32)

3. What attractive qualities might Dinah have observed in Shechem?

4. 14 Shechem did what seemed natural and acceptable to him.

5. 12 In time, Joseph’s brothers were tending sheep near Shechem.

6. 14 Dinah probably did not have sexual relations in mind when she saw Shechem.

7. Today the city of Nablus lies alongside the ruins of ancient Shechem.

8. Eventually they reached “the site of Shechem” in the middle of the land of Canaan.

9. Shechem lay about 50 miles (80 km) to the north of Hebron.

10. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

11. God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who treacherously against Abimelech.

12. With what kind of reasoning do you imagine that Shechem “kept speaking persuasively” to Dinah?

13. A kind of treasury was evidently attached to the house or temple of Baal-berith at Shechem.

14. And Abram went on through the land as far as the site of Shechem, near the big trees of Moreh.”

15. Shechem clearly did wrong by taking advantage of Dinah and not Betrothing her with her father's consent prior to their physical relations

16. Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

17. DEEP in the heart of the land God chose for his people, nestled between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, lay the city of Shechem.

18. When she unwisely spent time fellowshipping with “the daughters of the land,” a young man named Shechem was so attracted to her that he violated her. —Genesis 34:1, 2.

19. Read the Genesis account, and try to comprehend the distress and shame that Jacob and Leah must have felt because of the tragic consequences of their daughter’s visits to Shechem.—Genesis 34:1-31; 49:5-7; see also The Watchtower, June 15, 1985, page 31.