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Genesis 33:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The land where he camped was owned by the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem. So Jacob paid them one hundred pieces of silver for the property,

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and said to Ephron, “In front of these witnesses, I offer you the full price, so I can bury my wife. Please accept my offer.”

then he set up his tents and built an altar there to honour the God of Israel.

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.

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

When the people of Israel left Egypt, they brought the bones of Joseph along with them. They took the bones to the town of Shechem and buried them in the field that Jacob had bought for one hundred pieces of silver from Hamor, the founder of Shechem. The town and the field both became part of the land belonging to the descendants of Joseph.

Gaal said: Hamor was the founder of Shechem, and one of his descendants should be our ruler. But Abimelech's father was Gideon, so Abimelech isn't really one of us. He shouldn't be our king, and we shouldn't have to obey him or Zebul, who rules Shechem for him.




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