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Genesis 33

Gen. 33:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he bought
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
b a parcel
chelqah (Hebrew #2513)
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
KJV usage: field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).
Pronounce: khel-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 2506
of a field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
, where he had spread
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
his tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
, at the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of νHamor
Chamowr (Hebrew #2544)
donkey; Chamor, a Canaanite
KJV usage: Hamor.
Pronounce: kham-ore'
Origin: the same as 2543
, Shechem’s
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, for an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
πpieces of money
qsiytah (Hebrew #7192)
an ingot (as definitely estimated and stamped for a coin)
KJV usage: piece of money (silver).
Pronounce: kes-ee-taw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to weigh out)
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Gen. 23:17• 17So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about, (Gen. 23:17)
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Josh. 24:32• 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (Josh. 24:32)
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called
Acts 7:16• 16and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. (Acts 7:16)
, called Emmor.
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or, lambs.

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Ministry on This Verse

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bought.
Gen. 23:17‑20• 17So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about,
 18were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
 19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, opposite to Mamre: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
 20And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by the sons of Heth. (Gen. 23:17‑20)
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Gen. 49:30‑32• 30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite to Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite along with the field for a possession of a sepulchre.
 31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife; and there I buried Leah.
 32The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is in it, was from the children of Heth. (Gen. 49:30‑32)
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Josh. 24:32• 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (Josh. 24:32)
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John 4:5• 5He comes therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near to the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (John 4:5)
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Acts 7:16• 16and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. (Acts 7:16)
Hamor.
Gen. 34:2‑31• 2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
 3And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.
 4And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.
 5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fields, and Jacob said nothing until they came.
 6And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.
 7And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.
 8And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.
 9And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
 10And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.
 11And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye shall say to me I will give.
 12Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
 13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke--because he had defiled Dinah their sister--
 14and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us.
 15But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
 16then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.
 17But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.
 18And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
 19And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father.
 20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
 21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land--behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.
 22But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people--if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.
 23Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
 24And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised--all that went out at the gate of his city.
 25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.
 27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what was in the city, and what was in the field they took;
 29and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land--among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
 31And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot? (Gen. 34:2‑31)
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Acts 7:16• 16and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. (Acts 7:16)
Emmor.
pieces of money.
or, lambs.
• His stay at Succoth and Shechem covers some ten years. He must be unsettled to get him back to his pilgrim place. (“Jacob: 14. Dinah and Her Brothers” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he bought the portiond of the field where he had spread his tent, of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred kesitahse.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Or "allotment."
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Kesitah, a weight of precious metal. Supposed value about four shekels.