Genesis 12:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אַבְרָ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ ל֑וֹט וְאַבְרָ֗ם בֶּן־חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ מֵחָרָֽן׃

Transliteration

And-wayyēlek ʾAbrām as-kaʾăšer dibber to-him YHWH and-wayyēlek with-him Lôṭ and-weʾAbrām ben-ḥāmēš šānîm and-wešibʿîm šānāh in-beṣēʾtô from-Ḥārān.

Grammar Details

• *wayyēlek*: conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he went
• *ʾAbrām*: proper noun - Abram
• *kaʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as/according to what
• *dibber*: perfect 3rd person masculine singular piel - spoke/said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *Lôṭ*: proper noun - Lot
• *weʾAbrām*: conjunction + proper noun - and Abram
• *ben*: noun masculine construct - son of
• *ḥāmēš*: numeral - five
• *šānîm*: noun feminine plural - years
• *wešibʿîm*: conjunction + numeral - and seventy
• *šānāh*: noun feminine singular - year
• *beṣēʾtô*: preposition + infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his going out/departing
• *Ḥārān*: proper noun - Haran

Word Meanings

• *beṣēʾtô*: when he departed/in his departure/as he left

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Abram wet as the LORde badd hym and Lot went wyth him. Abram was.lxxv. yere olde when he went out of Haran.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then wente Abram out, as the LORDE commaunded him, and Lot wente with him. Fyue & seuentie yeare olde was Abra, whan he wente out of Haran.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Abram departed, euen as ye Lorde spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so Abram departed, euen as the Lorde had spoken vnto hym, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seuentie and fiue yeres old when he departed out of Haran.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram `is' a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Abram left, just as the LORD had told him to do, and Lot went with him.(Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 11:27 : 27 This is the account of Terah’s family line: Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
• Gen 11:31 : 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.