12:6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree 1 of Moreh 2 at Shechem. 3 (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) 4
1 tn Or “terebinth.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “as far as the place of Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh.”
4 tn The disjunctive clause gives important information parenthetical in nature – the promised land was occupied by Canaanites.
5 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “until his drawing near unto his brother.” The construction uses the preposition with the infinitive construct to express a temporal clause.