Genesis
Genesis 12:1
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
Footnotes
- a 12:1 Cited in Acts 7:3|ACT 7:3
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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.