Genesis 33:18-20

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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.^{(A) 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.^{(B) 20} There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.^[b]