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Jacob Camps in Shechem

18 Now Jacob came safely to the city of (A)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from (B)Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19 (C)Then he bought a portion of a field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred [a]qesitah. 20 Then he set up there an altar and called it [b]El-Elohe-Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:19 Ancient currency, cf. Josh 24:32; Job 42:11
  2. Genesis 33:20 God, the God of Israel