³ From the Negev^(A) he went from place to place until he came to Bethel,^(B) to the place between Bethel and Ai^(C) where his tent had been earlier

⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(A) and pitched his tent,^(B) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(C) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(D)

⁹ Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.^(E)

⁶ Abram traveled through the land^(A) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh^(B) at Shechem.^(C) At that time the Canaanites^(D) were in the land.