32 Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(A) were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.[a](B) It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

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  1. Joshua 24:32 The value of this currency is unknown.

32 And Joseph’s bones,(A) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(B) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(C) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

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  1. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property[a] that Jacob(A) had given his son Joseph.(B)

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  1. John 4:5 Lit piece of land

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A)

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