Genesis 12:6

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Literal

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.

Latin

…pertransivit Abram terram usque ad locum Sichem, usque ad convallem illustrem: Chananæus autem tunc erat in terra.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Genesis 12:6–7

the Oak of Moreh: This was probably a Canaanite shrine. Fertile groves were sacred to the Canaanites (compare Isaiah 1:29), and Moreh means "teacher."
Abram proclaimed the Lord's name beside a pagan place of worship and instruction (Genesis 12:8).
Abram continued to be a blessing by building an altar to worship God at Shechem and east of Bethel (12:8).

Genesis 12:4–9

Abram obeyed God's calling and followed his commands (see study note on 12:1–3). He traveled to Canaan (12:4–6) and became a blessing (12:5–9).

Genesis 12:1–9

Through Abram's faith and family, God started to restore the blessing. God called Abram from a pagan world to start a new nation. His promises to Abram later became a covenant (chapter 15).
God's calling of Abram later helped convince the Israelites to leave Egypt and go to the land God promised to Abram. It also reminded the Babylonian exiles of their need to return to their own land (for example, Isaiah 51).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Babel: The Dispersion of Nations God’s Covenant with Abraham God’s Covenants God’s New Covenant Symbolic Numbers

Events

Abraham enters Canaanc. 1921 BC

Related verses

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?
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.
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
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.
Genesis 10:18–19
…the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,
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—
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.
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
1 Kings 12:1
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Joshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Genesis 33:18
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
John 4:5
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Parallels

Genesis 26:1–5 Acts 7:1–8

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Places

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants Moreh: Place near Shechem; also a hill near Gilgal Shechem: City in Canaan, later allotted to Ephraim

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Canaan, Canaanite Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Hagar History of Israel Jacob’s Ladder Jacob’s Well Jeroboam Monotheism Moreh, Oak of Mount Gerizim Nations Oak Patriarchs, Period of the Promise Shechem (Place) Sichem

Topics

Abraham: And Canaan Canaan: Land of Promised to Abraham and his Seed Canaanites: Given to the Israelites Canaanites: Territory of Courage: The Courage of Conviction: Abraham, in Leaving his Fatherland Moreh: A Plain Near Shechem and Gilgal Religion: Outstanding Religious Persons: Abraham Shechem: Also Called Sichem and Sychem, a District in the Central Part of the Land of Canaan: Abraham Lives In The Canaanites: Abraham: had his Faith Tried by Dwelling Amongst

Genesis 12:6

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