Gen 33:18-20 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 33:18-20: 33:18-20 These verses form an epilogue to Jacob’s adventures outside the land. He returned in peace with a large family and many possessions. • Jacob , like Abraham, built an altar at Shechem (see 12:6-8 ) and purchased land from the family of Hamor .

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‏ Genesis 33:18-20

Summary for Gen 33:18-20: 33:18-20 ^a These verses form an epilogue to Jacob’s adventures outside the land. He returned in peace with a large family and many possessions.

• Jacob, like Abraham, built an altar at Shechem (see 12:6-8 ^b) and purchased land from the family of Hamor.
33:20 ^c El-Elohe-Israel: The name of the altar (“God, the God of Israel”) commemorated Jacob’s relationship with God. Jacob publicly proclaimed that God was his God, and that God had led him back to the land he would inherit.