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Genesis 12

Gen. 12:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
passed through
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
unto the place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
of Sichem
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
s, unto the plain
'elown (Hebrew #436)
an oak or other strong tree
KJV usage: plain. See also 356.
Pronounce: ay-lone'
Origin: prolonged from 352
of Moreh
Mowreh (Hebrew #4176)
the same as 4175; Moreh, a Canaanite; also a hill (perhaps named from him)
KJV usage: Moreh.
Pronounce: mo-reh'
Origin: or Moreh {mo-reh'}
. And the Canaanite
Kna`aniy (Hebrew #3669)
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
KJV usage: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
Pronounce: ken-ah-an-ee'
Origin: patrial from 3667
t was then
'az (Hebrew #227)
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
KJV usage: beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.
Pronounce: awz
Origin: a demonstrative adverb
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Deut. 11:30• 30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? (Deut. 11:30)
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Judg. 7:1• 1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. (Judg. 7:1)
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Gen. 10:18‑19• 18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Gen. 10:18‑19)

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Abram,
Plain of Moreh,
Sichem,
The Canaanite

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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passed.
Heb. 11:9• 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: (Heb. 11:9)
Sichem.
Gen. 33:18• 18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. (Gen. 33:18)
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Gen. 34:2• 2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. (Gen. 34:2)
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Gen. 35:4• 4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. (Gen. 35:4)
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Josh. 20:7• 7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. (Josh. 20:7)
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Josh. 24:32• 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (Josh. 24:32)
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Judg. 9:1• 1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, (Judg. 9:1)
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1 Kings 12:1• 1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. (1 Kings 12:1)
Shechem.
John 4:5• 5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (John 4:5)
Sychar.
Acts 7:16• 16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. (Acts 7:16)
Sychem.
plain.The word rendered "plain" should be rendered "oak," or according to Celsius, the "turpentine-tree."Moreh.
Deut. 11:30• 30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? (Deut. 11:30)
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Judg. 7:1• 1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. (Judg. 7:1)
Canaanite.
Gen. 10:15,18‑19• 15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
 18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Gen. 10:15,18‑19)
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Gen. 13:7• 7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. (Gen. 13:7)
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Gen. 15:18‑21• 18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
 19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
 20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
 21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. (Gen. 15:18‑21)
• Arrived in Canaan, Abraham enters into possession of nothing, for his life must still be of faith. (“Genesis 12” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oakf of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "plain."