Genesis

Genesis 12:1–3

1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.a

2I will make you into a great nation,

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

so that you will be a blessing.

3I will bless those who bless you

and curse those who curse you;

and all the families of the earth

will be blessed through you.b”

Footnotes

  • a 12:1 Cited in Acts 7:3|ACT 7:3
  • b 12:3 See Galatians 3:8|GAL 3:8

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Genesis 12:1

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
toאֶל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
Abramאַבְרָ֔ם’aḇ·rāmNoun - proper - masculine singularH87 Abram
Leaveלֶךְ־leḵ-Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
yourלְךָ֛lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
countryמֵאַרְצְךָ֥mê·’ar·ṣə·ḵāPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH776 earth, land
your kindredוּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ū·mim·mō·w·laḏ·tə·ḵāConjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH4138 nativity, lineage, native country
and your father’sאָבִ֑יךָ’ā·ḇî·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH1 father
householdוּמִבֵּ֣יתū·mib·bêṯConjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular constructH1004 house
and go toאֶל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
the landהָאָ֖רֶץhā·’ā·reṣArticle; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
I will show youאַרְאֶֽךָּ׃’ar·’e·kāVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH7200 see

Genesis 12:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will makeוְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙wə·’e·‘eś·ḵāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH6213 do, make
you into a greatגָּד֔וֹלgā·ḏō·wlAdjective - masculine singularH1419 great
nationלְג֣וֹיlə·ḡō·wPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH1471 nation, people
and I will bless youוַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔wa·’ă·ḇā·reḵ·ḵāConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH1288 kneel, bless
I will make your nameשְׁמֶ֑ךָšə·me·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH8034 name
greatוַאֲגַדְּלָ֖הwa·’ă·ḡad·də·lāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularH1431 grow up, become great
so that you will beוֶהְיֵ֖הweh·yêhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a blessingבְּרָכָֽה׃bə·rā·ḵāhNoun - feminine singularH1293 blessing

Genesis 12:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will blessוַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙wa·’ă·ḇā·ră·ḵāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularH1288 kneel, bless
those who bless youמְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָmə·ḇā·rə·ḵe·ḵāVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH1288 kneel, bless
and curseאָאֹ֑ר’ā·’ōrVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH779 curse
those who curse youוּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ū·mə·qal·lel·ḵāConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH7043 be slight, swift, trifling
and allכֹּ֖לkōlNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹ֥תmiš·pə·ḥōṯNoun - feminine plural constructH4940 clan
of the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃hā·’ă·ḏā·māhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH127 ground, land
will be blessedוְנִבְרְכ֣וּwə·niḇ·rə·ḵūConjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH1288 kneel, bless
through youבְךָ֔ḇə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular

Cross-references

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Genesis 12:1 Hebrews 11:8 · Nehemiah 9:7 · Acts 7:2–6 · Isaiah 51:2 · Joshua 24:2–3 · Luke 14:26–33 · Genesis 11:31–32 · Genesis 15:7 · Ezekiel 33:24 · 2 Corinthians 6:17 · Psalm 45:10–11 · Isaiah 41:9

Genesis 12:2 2 Samuel 7:9 · Galatians 3:14 · Genesis 18:18 · Genesis 17:4–6 · Genesis 28:3–4 · Genesis 35:11 · Genesis 46:3 · Genesis 26:4 · Genesis 24:35 · Genesis 13:16 · Genesis 15:5 · Exodus 1:7

Genesis 12:3 Galatians 3:8 · Genesis 22:18 · Acts 3:25–26 · Genesis 27:29 · Numbers 24:9 · Genesis 26:4 · Genesis 28:14 · Genesis 18:18 · Galatians 3:16 · Romans 4:11 · Exodus 23:22 · Galatians 3:28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.