Genesis

Genesis 12:1–4

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”

⁴So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Abram	אַבְרָ֔ם	’aḇ·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H87 Abram
Leave	לֶךְ־	leḵ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
your	לְךָ֛	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
country	מֵאַרְצְךָ֥	mê·’ar·ṣə·ḵā	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H776 earth, land
your kindred	וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖	ū·mim·mō·w·laḏ·tə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4138 nativity, lineage, native country
and your father’s	אָבִ֑יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
household	וּמִבֵּ֣ית	ū·mib·bêṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
and go to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the land	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
I will show you	אַרְאֶֽךָּ׃	’ar·’e·kā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H7200 see

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will make	וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙	wə·’e·‘eś·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
you into a great	גָּד֔וֹל	gā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
nation	לְג֣וֹי	lə·ḡō·w	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1471 nation, people
and I will bless you	וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔	wa·’ă·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
I will make your name	שְׁמֶ֑ךָ	šə·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name
great	וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה	wa·’ă·ḡad·də·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1431 grow up, become great
so that you will be	וֶהְיֵ֖ה	weh·yêh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a blessing	בְּרָכָֽה׃	bə·rā·ḵāh	Noun - feminine singular	H1293 blessing

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will bless	וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙	wa·’ă·ḇā·ră·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1288 kneel, bless
those who bless you	מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ	mə·ḇā·rə·ḵe·ḵā	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
and curse	אָאֹ֑ר	’ā·’ōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H779 curse
those who curse you	וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖	ū·mə·qal·lel·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7043 be slight, swift, trifling
and all	כֹּ֖ל	kōl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the families	מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת	miš·pə·ḥōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4940 clan
of the earth	הָאֲדָמָֽה׃	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
will be blessed	וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ	wə·niḇ·rə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1288 kneel, bless
through you	בְךָ֔	ḇə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Abram	אַבְרָ֗ם	’aḇ·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H87 Abram
departed	וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
had directed him	דִּבֶּ֤ר	dib·ber	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
and Lot	ל֑וֹט	lō·wṭ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3876 Lot
went	וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
with him	אִתּ֖וֹ	’it·tōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H854 with
Abram	וְאַבְרָ֗ם	wə·’aḇ·rām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H87 Abram
was seventy-five	חָמֵ֤שׁ	ḥā·mêš	Number - feminine singular	H2568 five
years	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
old	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
when he left	בְּצֵאת֖וֹ	bə·ṣê·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
Haran	מֵחָרָֽן׃	mê·ḥā·rān	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2771 Charan