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19 And he bought a piece of land where he pitched his tent for one hundred pieces of money[a] from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem. 20 And there he erected an altar and called it “El Elohe Israel.”[b]

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  1. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew kesitah
  2. Genesis 33:20 That is, “El the God of Israel”

19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor,(A) the father of Shechem,(B) the plot of ground(C) where he pitched his tent.(D) 20 There he set up an altar(E) and called it El Elohe Israel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
  2. Genesis 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.