WARNING: BECAREFULL WITH TWO STATES SOLUTION !<br /><br />Let’s explore the significance of these locations in the covenant between Elohim (God) and Abraham:<br /><br />Shechem:<br />Meaning: The Hebrew word “shekem” likely refers to Shechem’s location between two mountains.<br />Biblical Events:<br /><br />Sachem is the first place YHVH came down and made Covenant with Abraham and promise him the Land. <br />Abraham built an altar here (Genesis 12:6).<br />Jacob bought land in Shechem and dug a well (Genesis 33:18-20).<br />Joseph’s bones were buried in Shechem after the Exodus (Joshua 24:32).<br />Importance: Shechem was a crossroads for travelers and played a role in the lives of the patriarchs.<br /><br />Genesis 12, 5 to 7<br />[5]And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.<br />[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.<br />[7]And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
