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Genesis 12:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 12 · verse 6
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.Genesis 12:6 · King James Version
Genesis 12:6 in context
4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- CanaaniteKᵉnaʻanîya Kenaanite or inhabitant of KenaanH3669 →
- throughʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- SichemShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- AbramʼAbrâmAbram, the original name of AbrahamH87 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- plainʼêlôwnan oak or other strong treeH436 →
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One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he would have been introduced with all possible marks of honour and respect, and that the kings of Canaan should immediately have surrendered their crowns to him, and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9