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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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b
Gen. 23:17• 17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure (Gen. 23:17)
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Josh. 24:32• 32{i}And 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.{/i} (Josh. 24:32)
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called
Acts 7:16• 16and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, of] Shechem. (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• 17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
 18unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
 19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
 20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place 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 with the field for a possession of a burying-place.
 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• 32{i}And 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.{/i} (Josh. 24:32)
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John 4:5• 5He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar near the land which Jacob gave to Joseph his son. (John 4:5)
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Acts 7:16• 16and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, of] Shechem. (Acts 7:16)
Hamor.
Gen. 34:2‑31• 2And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
 3And his soul clave unto Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke to the heart of the damsel.
 4And Shechem spoke unto Hamor his father, saying, Take me this girl to wife.
 5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.
 6And Hamor father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to talk to him.
 7And Jacob's sons came from the field when they heard [it], and the men were grieved, and they were greatly inflamed, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; for so it ought not to be done.
 8And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her him to wife.
 9And make marriages with us, [and] give your daughters to us, and take our daughters unto you.
 10And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get you possessions therein.
 11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
 12Ask of me very much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the damsel to wife.
 13And Jacob's sons answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
 14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us.
 15But only in this will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
 16then will we give our daughters unto you, and take your daughters unto us; and we will dwell with you, and be one people.
 17But if ye hearken not unto us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away.
 18And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem Hamor's son.
 19And the youth deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter; and he [was] honourable above all his father's house.
 20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto their city's gate, and spoke unto the men of their city, saying,
 21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein. And the land, behold, [it is] wide on both sides before them. Let us take to us their daughters for wives, and our daughters let us give to them.
 22Only in this will the men consent unto us, to dwell with us, to be one people, in circumcising among us every male as they [are] circumcised.
 23Their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, [shall] they not [be] ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
 24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city, and every male was circumcised, all that went out at the gate of the city.
 25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, 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 they took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
 27Jacob's sons came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field they took;
 29and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, they took captive and spoiled, even all that [was] in the house.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
 31And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister? (Gen. 34:2‑31)
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Acts 7:16• 16and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, of] Shechem. (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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Or "allotment."
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Kesitah, a weight of precious metal. Supposed value about four shekels.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he bought an allotment of the field where he had spread his tent, at the hands of Hamor’s sons, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahsa .

WK Translation Notes

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Or, Lambs. According to Gesenius k = "equivalent," but Sept., Vulg., and Onkelos give the meaning of a lamb."