1. שׁכם (shekem) Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where a to…

Abram ... departed out of Haran. —The command given him in Ur may have been repeated in Haran; but more probably Abram ha…

He had already attained a fine old age, but he had another century of life before him, which he could not then foresee, or expect. If, at his age, …

So Abram departed. Those who suppose that God was now speaking to Abram in Charran use these words in support of their error. But the obje…

So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him
Or, "when the Lord had spoken to him", as Cocceius renders the word…

Abram believed that the blessing of the Almighty would compensate for all he might lose or leave behind, supply all his needs, and answer and excee…