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Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the servants[a] he had acquired while living[b] in Haran. Then they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they arrived in the land of Canaan, Abram traveled through the land to the place called Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I’ll give this land to your descendants.”[c] So Abram[d] built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:5 Lit. the living beings
  2. Genesis 12:5 The Heb. lacks while living
  3. Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed
  4. Genesis 12:7 Lit. he