Moreh
Moreh refers to two locations: a place near Shechem where Abraham built an altar (Genesis 12:6) and a hill near Gilgal, associated with the blessing and cursing ceremony.
The name Moreh means “stretching”
PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- within 1 km of Shechem
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (95% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.214° N, 35.282° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- Abraham enters Canaanc. 1921 BC
Alternative names
- מוֹרֶהMoreh
Mentions
- 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.
- 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?