Then Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they possessed, and the [a]souls that they had gotten in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan, and to the land of Canaan they came.

¶ So Abram [b]passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, and unto the [c]plain of Moreh (and the [d]Canaanite was then in the land)

And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there built he [e]an altar unto the Lord, which appeared unto him.

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  1. Genesis 12:5 Meaning, as well servants as cattle.
  2. Genesis 12:6 He wandered to and fro in the land before he could find a settling place: thus God exerciseth the faith of his children.
  3. Genesis 12:6 Or, oak grove.
  4. Genesis 12:6 Which was a cruel and rebellious nation, by whom God kept his in continual exercise.
  5. Genesis 12:7 It was not enough for him to worship God in his heart, but it was expedient to declare by outward profession his faith before men, whereof this altar was a sign.

He took his wife Sarai,(A) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(B) and the people(C) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(D) and they arrived there.

Abram traveled through the land(E) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(F) at Shechem.(G) At that time the Canaanites(H) were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram(I) and said, “To your offspring[a] I will give this land.(J)(K) So he built an altar there to the Lord,(L) who had appeared to him.

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  1. Genesis 12:7 Or seed