Genesis 12:6-8

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

⁷The Lord appeared^[a] to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.”

Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there. ⁸Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai^[b] was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord there.

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Footnotes

Genesis 12:7 The Lord appeared God often used special shapes so that people could see him. Sometimes he was like a man, an angel, a fire, or a bright light.
Genesis 12:8 Ai The name of this town means “the ruins.”

Genesis 12:6-8

New International Version

⁶Abram 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. ⁷The Lord appeared to Abram^(E) and said, “To your offspring^[a] I will give this land.^(F)”^(G) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(H) who had appeared to him.

⁸From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(I) and pitched his tent,^(J) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(K) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(L)