18 And Jacob came safely[a] to the city of (A)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 (B)Hamor, Shechem's father, (C)he bought for a hundred pieces of money[b] the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:18 Or peacefully
  2. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value
  3. Genesis 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel

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