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Genesis 33:18

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16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

17 but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

19 And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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BSB
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
KJV
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
WEB
Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
ASV
And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.
DARBY
And Jacob came safely [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.
BLB
And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram. And he pitched his tent before the city.
ÅB
Og Jakob kom lykkelig fram til byen Sikem, som ligger i Kana'ans land, da han kom fra Mesopotamia; og han slo leir utenfor byen.
OTB
Jakob kom trygt til byen Sikem i Kanaan, fra Paddan-Aram, og slo leir foran byen.
B1930
Og Jakob kom lykkelig frem til byen Sikem, som ligger i Kana'ans land, da han kom fra Mesopotamia; og han slo leir utenfor byen.

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  • Judges 9:1

    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

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  • Joshua 24:1

    Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

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  • Acts 7:16

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

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  • John 4:5

    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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  • Genesis 25:20

    and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

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  • Genesis 46:15

    These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.

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  • Genesis 28:2

    “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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  • John 3:23

    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

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