18. Jacob safely ended his trip from Paddan Aram when he came to the town of Shechem in Canaan. He made his camp in a field near the city.
19. He bought the field where he camped from the family of Hamor, father of Shechem. He paid 100 pieces of silver for it.
20. He built an altar there to honor God. He named the place “El, the God of Israel.”