Genesis 12:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 12:1

Promises to Abram

1 Now the ^aLord had said to Abram:
“Get ^bout of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.

2 ^aI will make you a great nation;
^bI will bless you
And make your name great;
^cAnd you shall be a blessing.

3 ^aI will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in ^byou all the families of the earth shall be ^cblessed.”

4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and ^athe people whom they had acquired in ^bHaran, and they ^cdeparted to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

6 Abram ^apassed through the land to the place of Shechem, ^bas far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. ^cAnd the Canaanites were then in the land.

7 ^aThen the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ^b“To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an ^caltar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and ^acalled on the name of the Lord.

9 So Abram journeyed, ^agoing on still toward the South.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 12:1

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American Standard Version
Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:

Amplified® Bible
NOW [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will shew thee.

Good News Bible
The LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, and go to a land that I am going to show you.

King James Version
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;

New International Version
The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

New King James Version
Now the LORD had said to Abram:
"Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;

Revised Standard Version
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

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