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32 (A) When the people of Israel left Egypt, they brought the bones of Joseph along with them. They took the bones to the town of Shechem and buried them in the field that Jacob had bought for 100 pieces of silver[a] from Hamor, the founder of Shechem. The town and the field both[b] became part of the land belonging to the descendants of Joseph.

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  1. 24.32 pieces of silver: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew word.
  2. 24.32 town … both: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

(A) and on his way he came to the town of Sychar. It was near the field that Jacob had long ago given to his son Joseph.

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