Hamor of Hivi

• General Notes
  • Are Hamor (father-in-law of the rapist) and Haman (Mordecai's foil)    the same person? They're both evil, hated by the Jews, and      astonishingly ab usive of theirpolitical power. Moreover, Haman is     known to have a multit ude of sons, who wereput to death by Chamor  Father of Shechem and Hivite chieftain who ruled over the Shechem      areai n the days of Jacob. His son raped Jacob's daughter Dinah and    asked Cham or torequest her hand in marriage. Chamor suggested to     Jacob's sons that the two families should int