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Genesis 33:18-20

18And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֨בya.'a.KoH3290cameוַיָּבֹא֩vai.ya.Vo'H935to ShalemH8004,a cityעִ֣יר'irH5892of Shechemשְׁכֶ֗םshe.KhemH7927, which isin the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667,when he cameבְּבֹא֖וֹbe.vo.'OH935from Padan–aramמִפַּדַּ֣ןmi.pa.DanH6307;and pitched his tentוַיִּ֖חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583beforeפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440the cityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

19And he boughtוַיִּ֜קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069a parcelחֶלְקַ֣תchel.KatH2513of a fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֗הha.sa.DehH7704,where he had spreadנָֽטָה־na.tah-H5186his tentאָהֳל֔וֹ'o.ho.LoH168,at the handמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of the childrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Hamorחֲמ֖וֹרcha.MorH2544,Shechem’sשְׁכֶ֑םshe.KhemH7927fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1,for an hundredבְּמֵאָ֖הbe.me.'AhH3967pieces of moneyקְשִׂיטָֽה׃ke.si.TahH7192.

20And he erectedוַיַּצֶּב־vai.ya.tzev-H5324there an altarמִזְבֵּ֑חַmiz.Be.achH4196,and called itוַיִּ֨קְרָא־vai.Yik.ra'-H7121El–elohe–IsraelH415.

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