Genesis 12:6-8
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6 Abram (A)passed through the land to the place of Shechem, (B)as far as [a]the terebinth tree of Moreh. (C)And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 (D)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (E)“To your [b]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (F)altar 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 (G)called on the name of the Lord.
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- Genesis 12:6 Heb. Alon Moreh
- Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed
Genesis 33:18
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Jacob Comes to Canaan
18 Then Jacob came [a]safely to (A)the city of (B)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.
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- Genesis 33:18 Or to Shalem, a city of
Genesis 33:20
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20 Then he erected an altar there and called it (A)El[a] Elohe Israel.
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- Genesis 33:20 Lit. God, the God of Israel
Judges 9:7
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The Parable of the Trees
7 Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of (A)Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them:
“Listen to me, you men of Shechem,
That God may listen to you!
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