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…

He removed. —Broke up his encampment. No special reason for this needs to be sought; it was the usual condition of the no…

And he removed from thence. When we hear that Abram moved from the place where he had built an altar to God, we should not doubt that he w…

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
Bethel
As it was afterwards…

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…