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18. Shalem--that is, "peace"; and the meaning may be that Jacob came into Canaan, arriving safe and sound at the city Shechem--a tribute to Him who had promised such a return (compare Ge 28:15). But most writers take Shalem as a proper name--a city of Shechem, and the site is marked by one of the little villages about two miles to the northeast. A little farther in the valley below Shechem "he bought a parcel of a field," thus being the first of the patriarchs who became a proprietor of land in Canaan.
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Outline
1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting
17 Jacob comes to Succoth
18 At Shalem Jacob buys a field
20 And builds an altar called El-elohe-Israel
Ancient Customs
Gifts
Bowing Seven Times
Embracing and Kissing
booths for his cattle
pitched his tent before the city
buying a field
hundred pieces of money
erected there an altar
Ancient Topics
Elelohe-Israel
Ancient People
Jacob, Esau, Leah, Rachael, Joseph
children of Hamor
Shechem's father
Geography
Seir
Succoth
Shalem
Shalem
The Land of Canaan
Padanaram
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Map of the City of Shechem
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The Old Testament
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt