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Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
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The Promise Meets Reality
Commentators like Calvin and Spurgeon emphasize that Abram's arrival was an immediate test of faith. God promised him a land, but he found it occupied by powerful and hostile nations. This shows that God's promises often don't materialize instantly or easily, requiring believers to live by faith while waiting for God's timing and power to be revealed.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
The place of Sichern. —Hebrew, Shechem. This word signifies “shoulder,” and was the name of the ridge uniting Mounts Ebal…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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