Genesis 33:18-20

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Jacob Settles in Shechem

¹⁸When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and camped in front of the [walled] city. ¹⁹Then he bought the piece of land on which he had pitched his tents from ^[a]the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred ^[b]pieces of money. ²⁰There he erected an altar and called it ^[c]El-Elohe-Israel.

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Footnotes

Genesis 33:19 Lit the hand of the sons.
Genesis 33:19 Heb qesitah, an uncertain measure of weight; a rabbi once reported hearing the ma’ah, a small coin worth 1/12 of a shekel, called a qesitah.
Genesis 33:20 I.e. God, the mighty God of Israel.