Jacob came safely1 to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan2, on his way from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city. 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. There he erected an altar3 and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
[1] All is well now.
[2] The promised land.
[3] One of his first acts there is to build an alter to God.
Take-home: Like his grandfather Abraham had earlier, Jacob finally returns to the promised land in peace and builds a home, building an alter to acknowledge God's providence in his presence there.
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