Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 33:19
He bought a parcel of a field for his present possession and use; for the right which he had to it was only in reversion after the time that God had allotted for it. The children of Hamor, i.e. subjects, called his children to note the duty which they owed to him, and the care and affection that he owed to them. Compare Numbers 11:12. An hundred pieces of money. The word is used only here, and Joshua 24:32; Job 42:11, and it may signify either lambs, given in way of exchange for it, or pieces... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 33:18
Shalem; most take it for the proper name of a place belonging to Shechem, as it here follows, called Salim, John 3:23, and Sichem or Sychar, John 4:5. But others take it for an appellative noun, and render the place thus, he came safe or whole to the city of Shechem; to note either that he was then cured of the lameness which the angel gave him; or rather, to note the good providence of God that had brought him safe in his person, family, and estate through all his dangers, first from Laban,... read more