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Shechem was an important Canaanite city where Abraham first built an altar after entering the Promised Land. Jacob purchased land here and dug a well. Joseph's bones were buried here after the Exodus. Joshua gathered the tribes at Shechem for a covenant renewal ceremony.

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AbrahamFirst stopped at Shechem in Canaan and built an altar there

JacobBought land near Shechem and later buried Joseph's bones there

JosephHis bones were brought from Egypt and buried at Shechem

JoshuaLed the covenant renewal ceremony at Shechem before his death