Genesis 12:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 12:6

4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and ^athe people whom they had acquired in ^bHaran, and they ^cdeparted to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

6 Abram ^apassed through the land to the place of Shechem, ^bas far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. ^cAnd the Canaanites were then in the land.

7 ^aThen the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ^b“To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an ^caltar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and ^acalled on the name of the Lord.

9 So Abram journeyed, ^agoing on still toward the South.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 12:6

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American Standard Version
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Amplified® Bible
Abram passed through the land to the locality of Shechem, to the oak {or} terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Contemporary English Version
Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time,

Darby English Version
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Good News Bible
Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were still living in the land.)

King James Version
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

New American Standard Bible
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite {was} then in the land.

New International Version
Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

New King James Version
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite lived then in the land.

Revised Standard Version
Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Young's Literal Translation
And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite `is' then in the land.

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