He boughtthe pieceof landwherehe had pitchedhis tentfrom the handof the sonsof Hamor,Shechem'sfather,for one hundredpiecesof money.
He spoketo Ephronin the hearingof the peopleof the land,saying,"Ifyou will onlypleaselistento me; I will givethe priceof the field,accept[it] from me that I may burymy deadthere."
"My lord,listento me; a piece of landworth fourhundredshekelsof silver,whatis that betweenme and you? So buryyour dead."
Then he erectedtherean altarand calledit El-Elohe-Israel.
SoHe cameto a cityof SamariacalledSychar,nearthe parcel of groundthat Jacobgaveto his sonJoseph;
"[From there] they were removedto Shechemand laidin the tombwhichAbrahamhad purchasedfor a sumof moneyfrom the sonsof Hamorin Shechem.
Now they buriedthe bonesof Joseph,whichthe sonsof Israelbroughtup from Egypt,at Shechem,in the pieceof groundwhichJacobhad boughtfrom the sonsof Hamorthe fatherof Shechemfor one hundredpiecesof money;and they becamethe inheritanceof Joseph'ssons.
Then Gaalthe sonof Ebedsaid,"Whois Abimelech,and whois Shechem,that we should servehim? Is he not the sonof Jerubbaal,and [is] Zebul[not] his lieutenant?Servethe menof Hamorthe fatherof Shechem;but whyshould we servehim?
