6 And Aʹbram went on through the land as far as the site of Sheʹchem,*+ near the big trees of Moʹreh;+ and at that time the Caʹnaan·ite was in the land.

18 In time Jacob came safe and sound to the city of Sheʹchem,+ which is in the land of Caʹnaan,+ while he was coming from Padʹdan-aʹram;+ and he pitched camp in front of the city.

7 Accordingly they gave a sacred status to Keʹdesh*+ in Galʹi·lee* in the mountainous region of Naphʹta·li, and Sheʹchem+ in the mountainous region of Eʹphra·im, and Kirʹi·ath-arʹba,+ that is to say, Heʹbron, in the mountainous region of Judah.

9 In time A·bimʹe·lech+ the son of Jer·ub·baʹal went to Sheʹchem+ to the brothers of his mother and began speaking to them and to all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying:

16 and they were transferred to Sheʹchem*+ and were laid in the tomb+ that Abraham had bought for a price with silver money from the sons of Haʹmor* in Sheʹchem.+