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Genesis 12:6

AbrahamMoreh (Shechem)Shechem
Covenant and promises

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

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BSB
Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
KJV
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
WEB
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.
ASV
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
DARBY
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
BLB
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the Oak of Moreh. And at that time the Canaanite [was] in the land.
ÅB
Og Abram dro gjennom landet til Sikem-bygden, til Mores terebintelund; og kana'anittene bodde dengang der i landet.
OTB
dro Abram gjennom landet til stedet ved More-eikaen i Sikem. På den tiden bodde kanaaneerne i landet.
B1930
Og Abram drog gjennem landet til Sikem-bygden, til Mores terebintelund; og kana'anittene bodde dengang der i landet.

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 11:9

    By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:30

    Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

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  • Genesis 13:7

    And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

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  • Genesis 35:4

    So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

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  • Genesis 15:18–21

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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  • Genesis 10:18–19

    the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

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  • Judges 7:1

    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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  • 1 Kings 12:1

    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

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