Genesis 33:18

Good News Translation

On his return from Mesopotamia Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and set up his camp in a field near the city.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were still living in the land.)

Genesis 25:20

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.

Genesis 28:2

Go instead to Mesopotamia, to the home of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of the young women there, one of your uncle Laban's daughters.

Genesis 31:25

Jacob had set up his camp on a mountain, and Laban set up his camp with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 35:9

When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

Genesis 37:13

Jacob said to Joseph, “I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock.” Joseph answered, “I am ready.”

Genesis 46:15

These are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descendants by Leah numbered thirty-three.

Genesis 48:7

I am doing this because of your mother Rachel. To my great sorrow she died in the land of Canaan, not far from Ephrath, as I was returning from Mesopotamia. I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.” (Ephrath is now known as Bethlehem.)

Psalm 60:6

From his sanctuary God has said, “In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking grain and incense to offer in the Temple.

John 3:23

John also was baptizing in Aenon, not far from Salim, because there was plenty of water in that place. People were going to him, and he was baptizing them. (

John 4:5

In Samaria he came to a town named Sychar, which was not far from the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Acts 7:16

Their bodies were taken to Shechem, where they were buried in the grave which Abraham had bought from the clan of Hamor for a sum of money.

Joshua 24:1

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they came into the presence of God.

Judges 9:1

Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem, where all his mother's relatives lived, and told them