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Abramאַבְרָםpassed throughוַיַּעֲבֹרthe landבָּאָרֶץas far asעַדthe placeמְקוֹםof Shechem,שְׁכֶםas far asעַדthe oakאֵלוֹןof Moreh.מוֹרֶהThe Canaanitesוְהַכְּנַעֲנִיwere thenאָזin the land.בָּאָרֶץ
Genesis 12:6
Study it in the app“Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites were then in the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:6, word by word
- Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- passed throughיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- the oakאֵלוֹןelon
oak, terebinth
A great tree, oak or terebinth; it served as a landmark.
Where else “elon” appears- of Morehמוֹרֶהmore
Moreh
Moreh, the name of a place near Shechem and of a hill in the valley of Jezreel.
Where else “more” appears- The Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears
Places in this verse
Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
The context
5Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot the son of his brother, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to the land of Canaan.
6 · This verse (above)
7Then YHWH appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to YHWH, who had appeared to him.
To study Genesis 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH command and promise Abram, and what did he do (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that in Abram all the families of the earth will be blessed (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What step of trust can you take today, even without seeing the whole road, as Abram did?