Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Cross-reference

Genesis 33:18 Historical context

In Genesis 33:18, Jacob arrives safely at the city of Shechem, the same region where Abram first camped.

Genesis 13:7 notes the same Canaanite and Perizzite presence, but in the context of the conflict between Abram's and Lot's herdsmen.

Genesis 35:4 Historical context

In Genesis 35:4, Jacob buries foreign gods under the oak near Shechem, the very region Abram first entered.

Deuteronomy 11:30 Historical context

Deuteronomy 11:30 locates Shechem near Gerizim and Ebal — providing geographic context for the place where Abram first camped in Canaan.

Hebrews 11:9 directly references this, stating Abram lived in tents in the promised land as an example of faith.

Joshua 24:1 Historical context

Joshua 24:1 references Shechem, the place of Abram's first altar in Canaan, as a site for covenant renewal.

John 4:5 Historical context

John 4:5 locates Jacob's well near Shechem — the same place Abram first arrived. Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at the patriarchs' historic site.

Joshua 20:7 Historical context

Joshua 20:7 names Shechem as a city of refuge — the same place where Abram first camped in Canaan, connecting patriarchal promise to later Israelite settlement.

Joshua 24:32 Historical context

Joshua 24:32 mentions Jacob buying land at Shechem — the same location where Abram first arrived, a family returning to the patriarch's landing place.

Acts 7:16 Historical context

Acts 7:16 notes that Jacob bought a tomb at Shechem — connecting Abram's first Canaanite stop with the patriarchs' burial ground there.