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Abram traveled through the land until he arrived at Shechem near the oak of Moreh. In those days the Canaanites lived in that land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Abram therefore built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

From there he traveled into the mountain region to the east of Bethel and he pitched his tent so that Bethel was to the west and Ai was to his east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

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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. The 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.

From 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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:7 Or seed