GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 12:6 Shechem is the first of a number of locations in Canaan associated with Abram. the oak of Moreh. As a seminomadic herdsman traveling with a large group, Abram probably camped away from urban areas; these locations are identified by distinctive natural features (e.g., trees; see Genesis 13:18). At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Other people already occupied the land when Abram arrived.

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