Genesis 33:19
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.
Cross-references
In Genesis 23:17-20, Abraham also purchases land (Machpelah) from local inhabitants — Jacob here follows the same patriarchal pattern of legally acquiring land.
Genesis 34 follows directly: Hamor's son Shechem — the very man whose father sold Jacob the land — violates Dinah, leading to violent retaliation by Simeon and Levi.
Genesis 48:22 gives Joseph a special 'portion' at Shechem — widely understood as the land Jacob purchased here, becoming his family's foothold in Canaan.
Joshua 24:32 directly cites this purchase to explain where Joseph's bones were buried — the same parcel Jacob bought from Hamor's family.
John 4:5 identifies the land Jacob gave Joseph — rooted in this very purchase — as the site near Sychar where Jesus meets the Samaritan woman.
Stephen's speech in Acts 7:16 recounts patriarchal burial at Sychem in a parcel bought from Hamor's sons, echoing this transaction (though attributing it to Abraham).
Joshua 24:1 gathers all Israel at Shechem for covenant renewal — the same location Jacob's purchase first marked as a significant Israelite site.
Joshua 20:7 designates Shechem as a city of refuge — the same area Jacob's purchase helped establish as part of Israel's inheritance in Ephraim's territory.
Joshua 21:21 assigns Shechem to the Levites as a refuge city — the territory Jacob once bought from Hamor now serves a sacred tribal function.