The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 33:19
And he bought a parcel of a field ,—literally, the portion (from a root signifying to divide) of the field — where he had spread his tent ,—and in which he afterwards sank a well (cf. John 4:6 )— at the hand of the children of Homer, Shechem's father (after whom the town was named, ut supra ) , for an hundred pieces of money —or kesitahs, the etymology of which is uncertain (Kalisch), though connected by some philologists (Gesenius, Furst) with kasat, to weigh; translated... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 33:18
And Jacob (leaving Succoth) came to Shalem —the word שָׁלֵם , rendered by some expositors as here ( LXX ; Vulgate, Syriac, Luther, Calvin, Poole, Wordsworth), is better taken as an adverb signifying in peace or in safety (Onkelos, Saadias, Rashi, Dathius, Rosenmüller, Gesenius, Keil, Kalisch, et alii ) , meaning that Jacob Was now sound in his limb (Jarehi) and safe in his person, being no more endangered by Esau (Gerundensis in Drusius), or that he had hitherto met with no... read more