⁶ 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. ⁷ The 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.

⁸ From 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)