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Jacob Reaches Shechem

18 Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city. 19 And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for one hundred pieces of money[a] the plot of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:19 Heb one hundred qesitah
  2. Genesis 33:20 That is God, the God of Israel

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