Genesis 12:6-7
6Abram apassed through the land to the place at Shechem, to bthe oak ▼▼Or terebinth
of dMoreh. At that time ethe Canaanites were in the land. 7Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, f“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. Genesis 33:18-20
18And Jacob came safely ▼▼Or peacefully
to the city of hShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19And from the sons of iHamor, Shechem’s father, jhe bought for a hundred pieces of money ▼▼Hebrew a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value
the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. ▼▼ El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel
Genesis 35:2-4
2So Jacob said to his mhousehold and to all who were with him, “Put away nthe foreign gods that are among you and opurify yourselves and change your garments. 3Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God pwho answers me in the day of my distress and qhas been with me wherever I have gone.” 4So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under rthe terebinth tree that was near Shechem.
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