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18 Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town. 19 Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.[a] 20 And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 33:19 Hebrew 100 kesitahs; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known.
  2. 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means “God, the God of Israel.”

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