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OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh came to Abram and told him, “I’ll give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar there and made a burnt offering to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
OET-LV And_appeared Yahweh to Abram and_he/it_said to_offspring_your I_will_give DOM the_earth/land the_this and_he/it_built there an_altar to/for_YHWH the_appeared to_him/it.
UHB וַיֵּרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את וַיִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַיהוָ֖ה הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה אֵלָֽיו׃ ‡
(vayyērāʼ yahweh ʼel-ʼaⱱrām vayyoʼmer ləzarˊₐkā ʼettēn ʼet-hāʼāreʦ hazzoʼt vayyiⱱen shām mizbēaḩ layhvāh hannirʼeh ʼēlāyv.)
Key: yellow:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
UST but Yahweh came to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar out of large stones in that place and burned sacrifices on it to worship Yahweh, because Yahweh had appeared to him there.
BSB § Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.[fn]” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
12:7 Cited in Galatians 3:16
OEB The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ There Abram built an altar to the Lord who had appeared to him.
WEB Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.”[fn]
¶ He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
12:7 or, seed
WMB The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.”[fn]
¶ He built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
12:7 or, seed
NET The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
LSV And YHWH appears to Abram and says, “To your seed I give this land”; and there he builds an altar to YHWH, who has appeared to him.
FBV The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord appeared to him.
T4T Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him.
LEB And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” And he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
BBE And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: 'Unto thy seed will I give this land'; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
ASV And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
DRA And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
YLT And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.
DBY And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.
RV And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
WBS And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To thy seed will I give this land: and there he erected an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
KJB And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
(And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy/your seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. )
BB And the Lorde appearyng vnto Abram, sayd, Unto thy seede wyl I geue this lande: And there buylded he an aulter vnto the Lorde whiche appeared vnto hym.
(And the Lord appearing unto Abram, said, Unto thy/your seed will I give this lande: And there buylded he an altar unto the Lord which appeared unto him.)
GNV And the Lord appeared vnto Abram, and said, Vnto thy seede will I giue this land. And there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, which appeared vnto him.
(And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy/your seed will I give this land. And there builded he an altar unto the Lord, which appeared unto him. )
CB Then the LORDE appeared vnto Abra, & sayde: This londe wil I geue vnto yi sede. And there he buylded an aulter vnto ye LORDE, which appeared vnto him.
(Then the LORD appeared unto Abra, and said: This land will I give unto yi sede. And there he buylded an altar unto ye/you_all LORD, which appeared unto him.)
WYC Sotheli the Lord apperide to Abram, and seide to hym, Y schal yyue this lond to thi seed. And Abram bildide there an auter to the Lord, that apperide to hym.
(Truly the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I shall give this land to thy/your seed. And Abram bildide there an altar to the Lord, that appeared to him.)
LUT Da erschien der HErr Abram und sprach: Deinem Samen will ich dies Land geben. Und er bauete daselbst dem HErrn einen Altar, der ihm erschienen war.
(So appeared the LORD Abram and spoke: Deinem seed/seeds will I dies Land geben. And he bauete there to_him HErrn a Altar, the him appeareden was.)
CLV Apparuit autem Dominus Abram, et dixit ei: Semini tuo dabo terram hanc. Qui ædificavit ibi altare Domino, qui apparuerat ei.
(Apparuit however Master Abram, and he_said ei: Semini tuo dabo the_earth/land hanc. Who ædificavit there altare Domino, who apparuerat to_him. )
BRN And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.
BrLXX Καὶ ὤφθη Κύριος τῷ Ἅβραμ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, τῷ σπέρματί σου δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἅβραμ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ ὀφθέντι αὐτῷ.
(Kai ōfthaʸ Kurios tōi Habram, kai eipen autōi, tōi spermati sou dōsō taʸn gaʸn tautaʸn; kai ōkodomaʸsen ekei Habram thusiastaʸrion Kuriōi tōi ofthenti autōi. )
12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram at Shechem (12:6) to confirm that this land was the Promised Land. Israel was to occupy this land, but sharing in God’s promises required their faith (cp. Num 14; Josh 1:6-9).
• to your descendants: Abram did not yet possess the land; he lived as a temporary settler.
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
וַיֵּרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ אֶל אַבְרָ֔ם
and,appeared YHWH to/towards Avram
Yahweh’s promise in verse 7 to give Canaan to Abram’s descendants contrasts with the fact that the Canaanites were still occupying that region (verse 6). Also, notice that the text does not specify in what form or in what way God appeared to Abram, so your translation should not do that either. Alternate translation: “Then Yahweh came to Abram” or “but Yahweh visited Abram”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “and promised to him,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את
to,offspring,your give DOM the=earth/land the,this
In the Hebrew text, the phrase “to your offspring” is emphasized by its position at the beginning of this quote. However, for some languages it may be clearer and more natural to change the order of the clauses and say, “I will give this land to your offspring/descendants.” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “I will give this land to your offspring”
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּ֤בֶן & מִזְבֵּ֔חַ
and=he/it_built & altar
Consider what is the best way to refer to Abram here in your language. See how you translated altar in Gen 8:20. Alternate translation: “So he made an altar out of large stones” or “So he built a sacrifice mound with stones”
שָׁם֙
there
Alternate translation: “near the tree”
לַיהוָ֖ה
to/for=YHWH
Alternate translation: “and burned sacrifices on it to thank and worship Yahweh,”
הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה אֵלָֽיו
the,appeared to=him/it
See how you translated appeared earlier in verse 7. Alternate translation: “who had come to him there.” or “because he had come to him there.”