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Genesis 33:18-20 (Listen)

18 And Jacob came safely1 to the city of cShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19 And from the sons of dHamor, Shechem's father, ehe bought for a hundred pieces of money2 the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.3

Footnotes

[1] 33:18 Or peacefully
[2] 33:19 Hebrew a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value
[3] 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel