Genesis 12:6–7; Genesis 33:18–20; Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12

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Genesis 12:6–7

6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the yoak1 of Moreh. zAt that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord aappeared to Abram and said, b“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he cbuilt there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.


Genesis 33:18–20

18 And Jacob came safely1 to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19 And sfrom the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money2 the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.3


Deuteronomy 11:29

29 And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, eyou shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.


Deuteronomy 27:12

12 y“When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.