19 And there he bought a parcel of ground, where he pitched his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor Shechem’s father, for an hundred [a]pieces of money.

20 And he set up there an altar, and called [b]it, The mighty God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:19 Or, lambs, or money so marked.
  2. Genesis 33:20 He calleth the sign, the thing which it signifieth, in token that God had mightily delivered him.

19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor,(A) the father of Shechem,(B) the plot of ground(C) where he pitched his tent.(D) 20 There he set up an altar(E) and called it El Elohe Israel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
  2. Genesis 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.