⁶ Abram ^(A)passed through the land to the place of Shechem, ^(B)as far as ^[a]the terebinth tree of Moreh. ^(C)And the Canaanites were then in the land.

^7 (D)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ^(E)“To your ^[b]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an ^(F)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. ⁸ And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and ^(G)called on the name of the Lord.

Jacob Comes to Canaan

¹⁸ Then Jacob came ^[a]safely to ^(A)the city of ^(B)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.

²⁰ Then he erected an altar there and called it ^(A)El^[a] Elohe Israel.

The Parable of the Trees

⁷ Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of ^(A)Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them: