between Beth-el and Ai. The place of Abraham's altar, Gen_12:8: so that the place where the promise of the Land was made, is the place where it began to be fulfilled. Abraham had come down from Sichem: Joshua goes up to Sichem, and builds his altar on the same spot where Abraham had built his. Compare Gen_12:6-8 with Jos_8:30-35 and Deu_11:30.