Genesis 12:6 (GNV)

Passage

So Abram passed through the land vnto the place of Shechem, and vnto the plaine of Moreh (and the Canaanite was then in ye land)

Nearby Context

Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, euen as ye Lord spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran)

Genesis 12:5 Then Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they possessed, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they departed, to goe to the land of Canaan: and to the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 12:6 So Abram passed through the land vnto the place of Shechem, and vnto the plaine of Moreh (and the Canaanite was then in ye land)

Genesis 12:7 And the Lord appeared vnto Abram, and said, Vnto thy seede will I giue this land. And there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, which appeared vnto him.

Genesis 12:8 Afterward remouing thence vnto a moutaine Eastward from Beth-el, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the Westside, and Haai on the East: and there he built an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "abram", "passed", "through", "land", "vnto", "place", and "shechem". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "abram" and "passed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then Abram tooke Sarai his wife and..." into verse 7's "And the Lord appeared vnto Abram and...", so "abram" and "passed" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "abram" and "passed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.