GEN 12:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἅβραμ, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ ᾤχετο μετʼ αὐτοῦ Λώτ· Ἅβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑβδομηκονταπέντε, ὅτε ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ Χαῤῥάν.
(Kai eporeuthaʸ Habram, kathaper elalaʸsen autōi Kurios, kai ōⱪeto metʼ autou Lōt; Habram de aʸn etōn hebdomaʸkontapente, hote exaʸlthen ek Ⱪaɽɽan. )

BrTr And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.

ULT Then Abram went, just as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was the son of seventy-five years when he departed from Haran.

UST So Abram left the city of Haran exactly as Yahweh had commanded him to do, and his nephew Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left from there.

BSB So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

OEB So Abram set out, as the Lord had commanded him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

WEBBE So Abram went, as the LORD had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Abram left, just as the Lord had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)

LSV And Abram goes on, as YHWH has spoken to him, and Lot goes with him, and Abram [is] a son of seventy-five years in his going out from Haran.

FBV So Abram left following the Lord's instructions, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 when he left Haran.

T4T So Abram left Haran town, as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.

LEB No LEB GEN book available

BBE So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

ASV So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

DRA So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from Haran.

YLT And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.

Drby And Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

RV So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

SLT And Abram went according to which Jehovah spake to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram the son of five years and seventy years in his coming out of Haran.

Wbstr So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed from Haran.

KJB-1769 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

KJB-1611 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken vnto him, and Lot went with him: And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeeres old when he departed out of Haran.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps GEN book available

Gnva So Abram departed, euen as ye Lord spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran)
(So Abram departed, even as ye/you_all Lord spake unto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seventy and five year old, when he departed out of Haran) )

Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available

Wycl No Wycl GEN book available

Luth No Luth GEN book available

ClVg Egressus est itaque Abram sicut præceperat ei Dominus, et ivit cum eo Lot: septuaginta quinque annorum erat Abram cum egrederetur de Haran.[fn]
(Egressus it_is therefore Abram like had_ordered to_him Master, and ivit when/with by_him Lot: seventy five of_years was Abram when/with to_go_outtur from/about Haran. )

12.4 Septuaginta quinque annorum. HIERON. in Q. Hebr. Si Thare pater Abræ in regione Chaldæa, etc., usque ad et ibi diutius moratus sit.

12.4 Septuaginta five of_years. HIERON. in/into/on Q. Hebr. When/But_if Thare father Abræ in/into/on region Chaldæa, etc., until to and there diutius moratus let_it_be.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Promised Land

Men and women were given the task of governing the earth and ruling over the creation, both to satisfy their own needs and to bring glory to the Creator (Gen 1:28-30). But when humanity fell into sin, they suffered alienation not only from God and their fellow human beings but also from the land on which they lived (3:17-19; see 4:3-16; cp. 5:29).

Then God called Abram to follow him by faith and to receive Canaan as a special homeland, a promised land for his descendants as God’s people (12:1-3, 7; 13:14-18; 15:7-21; 17:7-8). Later, after Israel was delivered from Egypt and was established as God’s people at Mount Sinai, they were given possession of the land promised to their fathers.

Continued possession of the land depended on obedience. If Israel violated the covenant, they would experience the covenant’s curses, the most severe of which is exile from the Promised Land (Lev 26:32-33). Eventually, that is what happened: Israel’s persistent rebellion against the Lord resulted in their exile to Assyria and Babylon, the loss of the land, and the destruction of the Temple (2 Kgs 17:5-23; 25:1-21). But God also promises that when the people repent, “then I will remember my covenant with Jacob . . . and I will remember the land” (Lev 26:42). During the Exile, Jeremiah and other prophets looked beyond the Exile to a future restoration and return to the land (Jer 32:36-44), which occurred during the reign of Cyrus the Great of Persia (see Ezra; Nehemiah).

The promises for the land await ultimate fulfillment. God’s purpose is to prepare an eternal homeland for his people, where the rule of the divine King is direct and just, where all things are subject to his will, where death and sin are abolished, and where the needs of his people are completely satisfied (Heb 11:13-16; Rev 21).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 1:28-30; 3:15-19; 4:3-16; 12:1-3, 7; 13:14-18; 15:1-21; 17:7-8; Exod 6:1-13; Lev 26:1-46; 1 Kgs 8:22-53; 9:1-9; 2 Kgs 17:5-23; 25:1-21; Jer 32:36-44; Heb 11:13-16; Rev 21:1-27

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וַ⁠יֵּ֣לֶךְ אַבְרָ֗ם כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָי⁠ו֙ יְהוָ֔ה

and=he/it_went Avram just=as he/it_had_said to=him/it YHWH

Consider what is the best way in your language to begin this sentence so that it shows that Abram is now doing what God had just commanded him to do in [12:1](../12/1.md) Alternate translation: [And Abram left the city of Haran, just as Yahweh had told him to do] or [Then Abram did what Yahweh had told him to do and left the city of Haran]

וַ⁠יֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖⁠וֹ ל֑וֹט

and=he/it_went with=him/it Lōţ

Alternate translation: [and his nephew Lot left with him]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

וְ⁠אַבְרָ֗ם

and=Avram

Many translations omit the conjunction And or “Now” here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: [Now Abram]

בֶּן

son_of

See how you translated a similar phrase in Genesis [5:32](../5/32.md) and [11:10](../11/10.md). Alternate translation: [was 75 years old]

בְּ⁠צֵאת֖⁠וֹ

in=his/its=coming_out

Alternate translation: [when he set out]

מֵ⁠חָרָֽן

from=Ḩārān

Alternate translation: [from the city of Haran]

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