Shalem; most take it for the proper name of a place belonging to Shechem, as it here follows, called Salim, 1 Thessalonians 3:23, and Sichem or Sychar, 1 Thessalonians 4:5. But others take it for an appellative noun, and render the place thus, he came safe or whole to the city of Shechem; to note either that he was then cured of the lameness which the angel gave him; or rather, to note the good providence of God that had brought him safe in his person, family, and estate through all his dangers, first from Laban, then from Esau, till he came to this place, where it seems he intended to make his abode for a good while, had not the following miscarriages obliged him to remove. Before the city, i.e. near to it, but not in it, for the conveniency of his cattle.
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Genesis 33:18
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.