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Genesis 12:6

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

KJV

pertransivit Abram terram usque ad locum Sichem, usque ad convallem illustrem : Chananæus autem tunc erat in terra.

Vulgate

καὶ διώδευσεν Ἀβρὰμ εἰς τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς ἕως τοῦ τόπου Συχέμ, ἐπὶ τὴν δρῦν τὴν ὑψηλήν· οἱ δὲ Χαναναῖοι τότε κατῴκουν τὴν γῆν.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֤ר אַבְרָם֙ בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ עַ֚ד מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה וְ/הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֖י אָ֥ז בָּ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham
Places Shechem

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵל֥וֹן
'lvn
noun · 9×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
כְּנַעֲנִי֙
kn'ny
noun · 72×
מֹרֶֽה
mrh
proper_noun · 3×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
שְׁכֶ֔ם
shkm
proper_noun · 63×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 11:30 — Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
  • Deut 11:30 — Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
  • Gen 10:18 — And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
  • Gen 13:7 — And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
  • Gen 13:7 — And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
  • Gen 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 35:4 — And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
  • Heb 11:9 — By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
  • John 4:20 — Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
  • Judg 7:1 — Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hil
  • Judg 7:1 — Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hil
  • Ps 60:6 — God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.