Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Shechem, to the high oak, and the Canaanites then inhabited the land.
Footnotes
| 473 | Strong’s #7927, Shekem. Shoulder. See note on Genesis 9:23. |
| 474 | Strong’s #436 and #4175. elown moreh. Oak אֵל֣וֹן (a strong and hardy tree, strong, god-like, authoritative implied) of the Teacher. Moreh means “teacher” and “early rains”, but also “shooter” from the root yarah #3384 to throw, shoot (arrow). Derivative is Torah (the Law). See Deuteronomy 11:30 “Oaks of the Teacher/Rain”, Judges 7:1 “hill of the Teacher/Rain” and Joel 2:23 “early rains”. The Latter Rain is מַלְקוֹשׁ, malqosh, stemming from the root verb to take. This gives reference to “spring” rains or the season of gathering and harvest that occurs, “Thus hath the Master Yahweh caused me to see, and lo, He is forming locusts at the start of the ascending of the latter growth, and behold, the latter growth is behind the mowings of the king” Amos 7:1 literal The Early Rain is יוֹרֶה, yoreh, from the root verb to throw, cast, shoot (#3384). |
| 475 | and then. Hebrew אָז, az. An adverb meaning at that time, at which time, hitherto. The Humbled (Canaan) are not in the Earth until the “early rains”. |