Parallel Verses
A Conservative 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.
New American Standard Bible
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of
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.
Holman Bible
Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem,
International Standard Version
Abram traveled through the land to the place called Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
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
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the
Bible in Basic English
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
Darby Translation
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abram shall pass over the land to the place Sichem, to the erect oak tree. And the Canaanite then in the land.
King James 2000
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abram traveled through the land up to the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites [were] in the land at that time.
Modern King James verseion
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Abram went forth into the land till he came unto a place called Shechem, and unto the oak of Moreh. And the Cananites dwelled then in the land.
NET Bible
Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
New Heart English Bible
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
The Emphasized Bible
And Abram passed along throughout the land, as far as the place of Shechem as far as the Teacher's Terebinth, the Canaanite being then in the land.
Webster
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
World English Bible
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Canaan » Land of » Promised to abraham and his seed
Canaanites » Given to the israelites
the Canaanites » Abraham » Had his faith tried by dwelling amongst
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
Moreh » A plain near shechem and gilgal
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Abraham
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 12:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abram's Journey
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land o 6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And LORD appeared to Abram, and said, I will give this land to thy seed. And there he built an altar to LORD, who appeared to him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
Genesis 35:4
And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak that was by Shechem.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.
Genesis 13:7
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.
Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
Genesis 10:18-19
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
Genesis 15:18-21
In that day LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and encamped before the city.
Genesis 34:2
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Joshua 20:7
And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
Joshua 24:32
And they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought from the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs. And he gave it to Joseph
Judges 9:1
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
1 Kings 12:1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel came to Shechem to make him king.
John 4:5
So he comes to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Acts 7:16
And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.