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

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Word by word

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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

Cross-references

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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.