32 (A) Josefs ben, som Israels barn hade fört upp ur Egypten, begravde de i Shekem, på den mark som Jakob hade köpt av barnen till Hamor, Shekems far, för hundra kesitor[a]. Josefs barn fick detta till arvedel.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:32 kesitor   En okänd, urgammal värdeenhet. Septuaginta: ”lamm”.

32 The bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel had brought along when they left Egypt, were buried in Shechem, in the parcel of ground Jacob had bought[a] from the sons of Hamor. (The land was located in the territory assigned to the tribes of Joseph.)

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  1. Joshua 24:32 had bought, literally, “had bought for 100 pieces of silver.”