Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and (A)the [a]people whom they had acquired (B)in Haran, and they (C)departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. Abram (D)passed through the land to the place of Shechem, (E)as far as [b]the terebinth tree of Moreh. (F)And the Canaanites were then in the land.

(G)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (H)“To your [c]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (I)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:5 Lit. souls
  2. Genesis 12:6 Heb. Alon Moreh
  3. Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed

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