Genesis 33
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Genesis 33:18-20

18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram,1 he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. 19And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.2 20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.3

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  1. 1. Genesis 33:18 That is, northwest Mesopotamia ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew a hundred kesitahs; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel. ↩

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