Genesis 33:18
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 33
“And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.”Genesis 33:18
What Does Genesis 33:18 Mean?
Genesis 33:18 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 33, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Genesis 33:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Joshua 24:1“And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.”Judges 9:1“And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,”John 4:20“Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”Acts 7:16“And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.”Genesis 25:20“And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.”Jeremiah 41:5“That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.”John 4:5“Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.”Genesis 31:25“Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.”John 3:23“And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.”Genesis 12:6“And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.”Genesis 28:2“Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.”Genesis 28:6“When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”Genesis 35:9“And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.”Genesis 37:12“And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.”Genesis 46:15“These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.”Joshua 20:7“And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.”1 Samuel 9:4“And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.”1 Kings 12:1“And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.”1 Chronicles 6:67“And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,”
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