Genesis 12:6-8

International Children’s Bible

⁶Abram traveled through that land. He went as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time. ⁷The Lord appeared to Abram. The Lord said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. ⁸Then Abram traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel. And he set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.

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Genesis 12:6-8

New International Version

⁶Abram 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. ⁷The Lord appeared to Abram^(E) and said, “To your offspring^[a] I will give this land.^(F)”^(G) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(H) who had appeared to him.

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

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Genesis 12:7 Or seed

Genesis 12:6-8

King James Version

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.

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