Genesis 33:18

See the account of this place, called Sychem, John 4:5; Acts 7:16, where Hamor is also called Emmor.

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¹⁸ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,e which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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Genesis 33:18