According to what was mentioned in the Torah, it was the first Canaanite city in which Abraham al-Khalil descended from the city of Ur in Iraq, and that was about 1805 BC. After that, Jacob came from Acre of Aram on the Euphrates in Iraq, and he descended Shechem, then lived in a Canaanite city known as Bethel It means the seat of the father of the Canaanite gods, and it was the center of the worship of the Canaanite god El, or El. And it is reported that Jacob returned later to Shechem.