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.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:6 Heb. Alon Moreh

Abram traveled through the land(A) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(B) at Shechem.(C) At that time the Canaanites(D) were in the land.

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So they gave Jacob all the foreign [a]gods which were in their hands, and the (A)earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under (B)the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:4 idols

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears,(A) and Jacob buried them under the oak(B) at Shechem.(C)

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The Covenant at Shechem(A)

24 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to (B)Shechem and (C)called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they (D)presented themselves before God.

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The Covenant Renewed at Shechem

24 Then Joshua assembled(A) all the tribes of Israel at Shechem.(B) He summoned(C) the elders,(D) leaders, judges and officials of Israel,(E) and they presented themselves before God.

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Abimelech’s Conspiracy

Then Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to (A)his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

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Abimelek

Abimelek(A) son of Jerub-Baal(B) went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan,

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God has (A)spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will (B)divide (C)Shechem
And measure out (D)the Valley of Succoth.

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God has spoken from his sanctuary:
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem(A)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.(B)

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