Genesis 33:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֜קֶן אֶת־חֶלְקַ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽטָה־שָׁם֙ אָהֳל֔וֹ מִיַּ֥ד בְּנֵֽי־חֲמ֖וֹר אֲבִ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם בְּמֵאָ֖ה קְשִׂיטָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqen ʾet-ḥelqat the śādeh which nāṭāh-there ʾohŏlô from yad bənê-ḥămôr ʾăbî šəkem for mēʾāh qəśîṭāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqen*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he bought
• *ḥelqat*: noun, feminine singular construct - portion of
• *śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
• *nāṭāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had spread
• *ʾohŏlô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tent
• *yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *ḥămôr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hamor
• *ʾăbî*: noun, masculine singular construct - father of
• *šəkem*: proper noun, masculine singular - Shechem
• *mēʾāh*: cardinal number - hundred
• *qəśîṭāh*: noun, feminine singular - qesitah (unit of money)

Word Meanings

• *yiqen*: bought/purchased/acquired
• *ḥelqat*: portion/parcel/piece
• *nāṭāh*: had spread/had pitched/had set up
• *yad*: hand of/from/possession of
• *ʾăbî*: father of/patriarch of
• *qəśîṭāh*: qesitah (unit of money of unknown value)

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he bought a piece of land where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and bought a parcell of ground where he pitched his tent of the childern of Hemor Sichems father for an hundred lambes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and bought a pece of londe of the children of Hemor ye father of Sichem for an hundreth pens. There pitched he his tent,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And there he bought a parcell of ground, where hee pitched his tent, at the hande of the sonnes of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundreth pieces of money.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And bought a parcell of grounde, where he pitched his tent, of the chyldren of Hemor Sichems father, for an hundreth peeces of money.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:32 : 32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. It became an inheritance for Joseph's descendants.
• John 4:5 : 5 So he came to a city in Samaria called Sychar, near the land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
• Acts 7:16 : 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.
• Gen 23:17-20 : 17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees within its borders—was legally transferred. 18 It was assigned to Abraham as his property in the presence of the Hittites and all who entered the city gate. 19 Afterward, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 So the field and the cave that was in it were officially deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
• Gen 34:2-9 : 2 And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her. 3 But his heart was deeply attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. 4 Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife." 5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but his sons were in the fields with the livestock, so Jacob kept silent until they came back. 6 Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 Now Jacob's sons had come in from the fields when they heard, and the men were grieved and very angry, because this outrageous act had been done in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter—something that should not be done. 8 Hamor spoke with them, saying, "My son Shechem has set his heart on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 9 Make marriages with us: give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You can dwell with us, and the land will be open to you: live, trade in it, and acquire property here. 11 Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you ask of me, I will give. 12 Set the bride price and gift as high as you like, and I will pay whatever you ask me; just give me the young woman as a wife." 13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 They said to them, "We cannot do this thing—to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 However, we will agree to you on one condition: if you become like us by every male among you being circumcised. 16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves; we will dwell among you and become one people. 17 But if you will not listen to us and get circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave. 18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. 19 The young man did not delay in doing the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most respected of all his father’s household. 20 Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying: 21 "These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land is spacious enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: every male among us must be circumcised, just as they are. 23 Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us." 24 All who went out of the gate of the city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised—all who went out of the gate of the city. 25 On the third day, when they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the city undetected, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields. 29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed." 31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"
• Gen 49:30-32 : 30 The cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. 32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the sons of Heth.