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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 12:6 - 12:6
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the place of Sichem - or Shechem, a pastoral valley then unoccupied (compare Gen 33:18).
plain of Moreh - rather, the “terebinth tree” of Moreh, very common in Palestine, remarkable for its wide-spreading branches and its dark green foliage. It is probable that in Moreh there was a grove of these trees, whose inviting shade led Abram to choose it for an encampment.