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

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(I) and pitched his tent,(J) with Bethel on the west and Ai(K) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(L)

Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(M)

Abram in Egypt(N)

10 Now there was a famine in the land,(O) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:7 Or seed

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, (A) but the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, “I will give this land to your family forever.” Abram then built an altar there for the Lord.

Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the Lord. Later, Abram started out toward the Southern Desert.

Abram in Egypt

10-11 The crops failed, and there was no food anywhere in Canaan. So Abram and his wife Sarai went to live in Egypt for a while. But just before they got there, Abram said, “Sarai, you are really beautiful!

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