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id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/33.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he bought the parcel of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem&#8217s father, for one hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he bought a portion of a field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred qesitah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he bought the piece of land on which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem&#8217s father, for 100 qesitahs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The land where he camped was owned by the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem. So Jacob paid them 100 pieces of silver for the property, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then he bought the piece of land on which he had put up his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He bought that part of the field from the descendants of Hamor father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he bought a parcel of land for 100 pieces of silver from the descendants of Hamor, Shechem's father. He pitched his tent there, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He purchased the parcel of land where he had pitched his tent, from the sons of Hamor, Shechem鈥檚 father, for a hundred kesitahs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he bought a part of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he buys the portion of the field where he has stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred kesitah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will buy a part of the field where he spread there his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred lambs.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem for a hundred lambs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred lambs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The plot of ground on which he had pitched his tent he bought for a hundred pieces of money from the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for one hundred pieces of money the plot of land on which he had pitched his tent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he bought a parcel of a field from the children of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred ewes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he bought a part of the field from the children of Khamor, the father of Shekeem, with a hundred ewes, and he pitched the tent there.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/33-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=8481" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/33.htm">Jacob Settles in Shechem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18</span>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. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2513.htm" title="2513: ḥel·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Smoothness, flattery, an allotment. Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment.">And the plot</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nā·ṭāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">he pitched</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ā·ho·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">his tent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7069.htm" title="7069: way·yi·qen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to erect, i.e. Create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase; by implication to own.">he purchased</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/2544.htm" title="2544: ḥă·mō·wr (N-proper-ms) -- Father of Shechem. The same as chamowr; donkey; Chamor, a Canaanite.">of Hamor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: šə·ḵem (N-proper-ms) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">Shechem’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇî (N-msc) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">father,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: bə·mê·’āh (Prep-b:: Number-fs) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">for a hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/7192.htm" title="7192: qə·śî·ṭāh (N-fs) -- (unit of value), perhaps piece. From an unused root; an ingot.">pieces of silver.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a></span><br />And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5</a></span><br />So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6-7</a></span><br />Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land. / Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Genesis 23:16-20</a></span><br />Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants. / So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over / to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-19</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-22.htm">Genesis 48:22</a></span><br />And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-8.htm">Exodus 6:8</a></span><br />And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-49.htm">Deuteronomy 32:49</a></span><br />“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Joshua 21:43</a></span><br />Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/1-1.htm">Judges 1:1</a></span><br />After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-1.htm">1 Chronicles 5:1-2</a></span><br />These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright. / And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">Psalm 105:9-11</a></span><br />the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: / “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10-12</a></span><br />I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. / Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy— / and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-14.htm">Ezekiel 47:14</a></span><br />You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.</p><p class="hdg">bought.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/23-17.htm">Genesis 23:17-20</a></b></br> And the field of Ephron, which <i>was</i> in Machpelah, which <i>was</i> before Mamre, the field, and the cave which <i>was</i> therein, and all the trees that <i>were</i> in the field, that <i>were</i> in all the borders round about, were made sure … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-30.htm">Genesis 49:30-32</a></b></br> In the cave that <i>is</i> in the field of Machpelah, which <i>is</i> before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a></b></br> And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.</p><p class="hdg">Hamor.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a></b></br> And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16</a></b></br> And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor <i>the father</i> of Sychem.</p><p class="hdg">Emmor.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">Bits</a> <a href="/genesis/25-10.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-10.htm">Builder</a> <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Buyeth</a> <a href="/genesis/33-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/32-3.htm">Field</a> <a href="/genesis/33-3.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Hamor</a> <a href="/genesis/33-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/31-15.htm">Money</a> <a href="/john/4-5.htm">Parcel</a> <a href="/genesis/32-25.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/23-15.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/genesis/31-14.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/judges/9-28.htm">Shechem's</a> <a href="/genesis/24-53.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/genesis/22-12.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Bits</a> <a href="/genesis/39-1.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-5.htm">Builder</a> <a href="/genesis/47-20.htm">Buyeth</a> <a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/34-5.htm">Field</a> <a href="/genesis/37-10.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Hamor</a> <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/genesis/35-28.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/41-56.htm">Money</a> <a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">Parcel</a> <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Part</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/genesis/35-21.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/genesis/43-34.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/genesis/34-6.htm">Shechem's</a> <a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/genesis/35-21.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/genesis/38-28.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/genesis/35-21.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">Jacob comes to Succoth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">At Shechem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El Elohe Israel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/genesis/33.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>And he purchased</b><br />The act of purchasing land signifies a formal and legal transaction, indicating Jacob's intention to establish a permanent presence in the land. The Hebrew word for "purchased" is "קָנָה" (qanah), which can also mean to acquire or possess. This act of buying land is significant as it reflects Jacob's commitment to God's promise of the land to his descendants, showing faith in the covenant.<p><b>a parcel of land</b><br />The term "parcel" refers to a specific portion or piece of land. In Hebrew, "חֶלְקַת" (cheleq) implies a division or allotment, suggesting that this was a designated area. This purchase is a tangible expression of Jacob's claim to the land promised by God, symbolizing a step towards the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant.<p><b>where he had pitched his tent</b><br />This phrase indicates that Jacob had already settled temporarily in this location. The act of pitching a tent is often associated with nomadic life, but here it transitions to a more permanent settlement. It reflects Jacob's journey from a wanderer to a settler, aligning with God's promise to give his descendants a homeland.<p><b>from the sons of Hamor</b><br />Hamor is identified as the father of Shechem, and his sons are the local inhabitants from whom Jacob buys the land. The name "Hamor" means "donkey" in Hebrew, which might imply strength or stubbornness. This transaction with the sons of Hamor shows a peaceful negotiation and coexistence with the local Canaanite population, which is significant in the context of the patriarchal narratives.<p><b>Shechem’s father</b><br />Shechem is both a person and a place, indicating the importance of this location. As the father of Shechem, Hamor represents the leadership or authority in the region. The mention of Shechem ties this event to future significant biblical events, as Shechem becomes a central location in Israel's history.<p><b>for a hundred pieces of silver</b><br />The specific mention of "a hundred pieces of silver" (Hebrew: "קְשִׂיטָה" - kesitah) indicates the value and seriousness of the transaction. Silver was a common medium of exchange, and the amount suggests a fair and substantial price for the land. This detail underscores the legitimacy and fairness of the purchase, contrasting with other biblical narratives where land is taken by force or deception.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">He bought . . . --</span>Abraham had been obliged to buy land for a burial-place, and we find even then that the field he wanted had an owner who could give him a title to its possession. Jacob a century later finds it necessary to buy even the ground on which to pitch his tent, though his cattle might still roam freely about for pasture. This, however, would certainly not have been required except in the immediate neighbourhood of a town. As he had now recovered from his sprain, he returns to his habits as a nomad, and dwells in a tent. In this, the first parcel of ground possessed by Jacob, the embalmed body of Joseph was buried (<a href="/joshua/24-32.htm" title="And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.">Joshua 24:32</a>; see also <a href="/john/4-5.htm" title="Then comes he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.">John 4:5</a>); and it is remarkable that the possession of it was secure, even when the owners were far away in Egypt.<p><span class= "bld">An hundred pieces of money.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">a hundred hesitas. </span>It is plain that the kesita was an ingot of metal of some considerable value, from what is said in the Book of Job (<a href="/genesis/42-11.htm" title="We are all one man's sons; we are true men, your servants are no spies.">Genesis 42:11</a>), that each of his friends gave the patriarch "one kesita and a nose-ring of gold." The etymology of the word is uncertain, and apparently all knowledge of its meaning had at an early period passed away, inasmuch as Onkelos and some of the versions translate it <span class= "ital">lambs, </span>for which rendering there is no support.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he bought a parcel of a field</span>, - literally, the portion (from a root signifying to divide) of <span class="accented">the field</span> - <span class="cmt_word">where he had spread his tent</span>, - and in which he afterwards sank a well (cf. <a href="/john/4-6.htm">John 4:6</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">at the hand of the children of Homer, Shechem's father</span> (after whom the town was named, <span class="accented">ut supra</span>)<span class="accented">, <span class="cmt_word"></span>for an hundred pieces of money</span> - or kesitahs, the etymology of which is uncertain (Kalisch), though connected by some philologists (Gesenius, Furst) with <span class="accented">kasat</span>, to weigh; translated lambs (Onkelos, LXX., Vulgate), but believed to have been a certain weight now unknown (Michaelis, 'Suppl.,' p. 2207), or a piece of money of a definite value, perhaps the price of a lamb (Murphy), which, like the shekel, was used for purposes of commercial exchange by the patriarchs (Gesenius) - probably a coin stamped with the figure of a lamb (Bochart, Munter); but coined money does not appear to have been of so great antiquity (Rosenmüller, Wordsworth, Alford). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/33-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the plot</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶלְקַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥel·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2513.htm">Strong's 2513: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoothness, flattery, an allotment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he pitched</span><br /><span class="heb">נָֽטָה־</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṭāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his tent,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֳל֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he purchased</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּ֜קֶן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yi·qen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7069.htm">Strong's 7069: </a> </span><span class="str2">To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hamor,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמ֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·mō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2544.htm">Strong's 2544: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hamor -- father of Shechem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Shechem’s</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">father,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for a hundred</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמֵאָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mê·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hundred</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pieces of silver.</span><br /><span class="heb">קְשִׂיטָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(qə·śî·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7192.htm">Strong's 7192: </a> </span><span class="str2">(unit of value), perhaps piece</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 33:19 He bought the parcel of ground where (Gen. 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