At Sechem, God appeared to Abram and told him that

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At Sechem, God appeared to Abram and told him that the land would be given to his descendants. This means that God promised to give the land to Abram's future generations as their inheritance. God did not tell Abram to continue on his journey southwards or to settle there, nor did He instruct Abram to leave his country at this particular moment.