Gen 12:6 | NET2full | STEP | Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem . ( At that time the Canaanites were in the land .)

‏ Genesis 12:6

6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree ^{▼▼tn Or “terebinth.”} of Moreh ^{▼▼sn The Hebrew word Moreh (מוֹרֶה, moreh) means “teacher.” It may well be that the place of this great oak tree was a Canaanite shrine where instruction took place.} at Shechem. ^{▼▼tn Heb “as far as the place of Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh.”} (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) ^{▼▼tn The disjunctive clause gives important information parenthetical in nature—the promised land was occupied by Canaanites.}