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…

The place of Sichern. —Hebrew, Shechem. This word signifies “shoulder,” and was the name of the ridge uniting Mounts Ebal…

Fierce and powerful nations possessed the country; it did not seem a very likely place to be the inheritance of a peace-loving man like Abraham. Go…

And Abram passed through the land. Here Moses shows that Abram did not immediately, upon entering the land, find a dwelling in which he mi…

And Abram passed through the land
Entering the northern part of it, as appears by his going southward, ([Reference G…

Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbors. He journeyed, continuing onward. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be u…