Genesis 12:6

New English Translation

⁶Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree^[a] of Moreh^[b] at Shechem.^[c] (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)^[d]

Genesis 12:6 tn Or “terebinth.”
Genesis 12:6 sn The Hebrew word Moreh (מוֹרֶה, moreh) means “teacher.” It may well be that the place of this great oak tree was a Canaanite shrine where instruction took place.
Genesis 12:6 tn Heb “as far as the place of Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh.”
Genesis 12:6 tn The disjunctive clause gives important information parenthetical in nature—the promised land was occupied by Canaanites.

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