Genesis 33:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After leaving northern Syria, Jacob arrived safely at Shechem in Canaan and set up camp outside the city.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time,

Genesis 25:20

and he was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria. Almost twenty years later,

Genesis 28:2

Go at once to your mother's father Bethuel in northern Syria and choose a wife from one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

Genesis 31:25

Jacob had set up camp in the hill country of Gilead, when Laban and his relatives came and set up camp in another part of the hill country. Laban went to Jacob

Genesis 35:9

After Jacob came back to the land of Canaan, God appeared to him again. This time he gave Jacob a new name and blessed him by saying: I am God All-Powerful, and from now on your name will be Israel instead of Jacob. You will have many children. Your descendants will become nations, and some of the men in your family will even be kings.

Genesis 37:13

his father Jacob said to him, “I want you to go to your brothers. They are with the sheep near Shechem.” “Yes, sir,” Joseph answered.

Genesis 48:7

Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. And I had to bury her along the way.

Psalm 60:6

Our God, you solemnly promised, “I would gladly divide up the city of Shechem and give away Succoth Valley piece by piece.

Jeremiah 41:5

when eighty men came down the road towards Mizpah from the towns of Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They were on their way to the temple to offer gifts of grain and incense to the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, because they were mourning.

John 3:23

John had not yet been put in jail. He was at Aenon near Salim, where there was a lot of water, and people were coming there for John to baptize them.

John 4:5

and on his way he came to the town of Sychar. It was near the field that Jacob had long ago given to his son Joseph.

Acts 7:16

Later their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor.

Joshua 24:1

Joshua called the tribes of Israel together for a meeting at Shechem. He made the leaders, including the old men, the judges, and the officials, come up and stand near the sacred tent.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech the son of Gideon went to Shechem. While there, he met with his mother's relatives