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Genesis 33:18

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

KJV

Transivitque in Salem urbem Sichimorum, quæ est in terra Chanaan, postquam reversus est de Mesopotamia Syriæ : et habitavit juxta oppidum.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἦλθεν Ἰακὼβ εἰς Σαλὴμ πόλιν Σικίμων, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν γῇ Χανάαν, ὅτε ἦλθεν ἐκ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας Συρίας· καὶ παρενέβαλεν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς πόλεως.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹא֩ יַעֲקֹ֨ב שָׁלֵ֜ם עִ֣יר שְׁכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן בְּ/בֹא֖/וֹ מִ/פַּדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם וַ/יִּ֖חַן אֶת פְּנֵ֥י הָ/עִֽיר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People CanaanJacobJacob
Places Shechem

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֑ם
'rm
proper_noun · 21×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁכֶ֔ם
shkm
proper_noun · 63×
שָׁלֵ֔ם
shlm
noun · 28×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:16 — And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
  • Gen 25:20 — And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
  • Gen 31:25 — Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
  • Jer 41:5 — That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in th
  • John 4:5 — Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
  • John 4:20 — Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
  • Josh 24:1 — And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before Go
  • Judg 9:1 — And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,