| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 6 Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land. | 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. |
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