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…

Toward the south.—The Negeb, or dry land, is so called because its soil is a soft white chalk, which allows the rains to sink thro…

And Abram journeyed. This was the third removal of the holy man within a short period, after he seemed to have found some kind of dwelling…

And Abram journeyed
He did not stay long in the mountain between Bethel and Hai, but moved from there, and kept on j…

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…