Genesis 12:4

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.12.4", "source": "וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אַבְרָ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ ל֑וֹט וְאַבְרָ֗ם בֶּן־חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ מֵחָרָֽן׃", "text": "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": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*beṣēʾtô*": "when he departed/in his departure/as he left" } }

📖 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

• 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.

• 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 { "verseID": "Genesis.11.27", "source": "וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת תֶּ֔רַח תֶּ֚רַח הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָ֑ן וְהָרָ֖ן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־לֽוֹט׃", "text": "And-these *tôlᵊdōt* *teraḥ* *teraḥ* *hôlîd* *ʾet*-*ʾabrām* *ʾet*-*nāḥôr* and-*ʾet*-*hārān* and-*hārān* *hôlîd* *ʾet*-*lôṭ*", "grammar": { "*tôlᵊdōt*": "noun feminine plural construct - generations of", "*teraḥ*": "proper noun - Terah", "*hôlîd*": "hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he begot", "*ʾabrām*": "proper noun - Abram", "*nāḥôr*": "proper noun - Nahor", "*hārān*": "proper noun - Haran", "*lôṭ*": "proper noun - Lot" }, "variants": { "*tôlᵊdōt*": "generations/family history/genealogy", "*teraḥ*": "Terah", "*hôlîd*": "begot/fathered", "*ʾabrām*": "Abram", "*nāḥôr*": "Nahor", "*hārān*": "Haran", "*lôṭ*": "Lot" } }
• Gen 11:31 : 31 { "verseID": "Genesis.11.31", "source": "וַיִּקַּ֨ח תֶּ֜רַח אֶת־אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנ֗וֹ וְאֶת־ל֤וֹט בֶּן־הָרָן֙ בֶּן־בְּנ֔וֹ וְאֵת֙ שָׂרַ֣י כַּלָּת֔וֹ אֵ֖שֶׁת אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנ֑וֹ וַיֵּצְא֨וּ אִתָּ֜ם מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַד־חָרָ֖ן וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃", "text": "*wə-yiqqaḥ* *teraḥ* *ʾet*-*ʾabrām* *bᵊnô* and-*ʾet*-*lôṭ* *ben*-*hārān* *ben*-*bᵊnô* and-*ʾēt* *śāray* *kallātô* *ʾēšet* *ʾabrām* *bᵊnô* *wə-yēṣᵊʾû* with-them from-*ʾûr* *kaśdîm* to-*lāleket* *ʾarṣâ* *kᵊnaʿan* *wə-yābōʾû* until-*ḥārān* *wə-yēšᵊbû* there", "grammar": { "*wə-yiqqaḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he took", "*teraḥ*": "proper noun - Terah", "*ʾabrām*": "proper noun - Abram", "*bᵊnô*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son", "*lôṭ*": "proper noun - Lot", "*ben*": "noun masculine singular construct - son of", "*hārān*": "proper noun - Haran", "*ben*": "noun masculine singular construct - son of", "*bᵊnô*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son", "*śāray*": "proper noun - Sarai", "*kallātô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his daughter-in-law", "*ʾēšet*": "noun feminine singular construct - wife of", "*ʾabrām*": "proper noun - Abram", "*bᵊnô*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son", "*wə-yēṣᵊʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out", "*ʾûr*": "proper noun - Ur", "*kaśdîm*": "proper noun - Chaldeans", "*lāleket*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to go", "*ʾarṣâ*": "noun feminine singular + directional heh - to the land of", "*kᵊnaʿan*": "proper noun - Canaan", "*wə-yābōʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came", "*ḥārān*": "proper noun - Haran", "*wə-yēšᵊbû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they dwelt" }, "variants": { "*wə-yiqqaḥ*": "and he took/brought", "*teraḥ*": "Terah", "*ʾabrām*": "Abram", "*bᵊnô*": "his son", "*lôṭ*": "Lot", "*ben*": "son of", "*hārān*": "Haran", "*kallātô*": "his daughter-in-law", "*ʾēšet*": "wife of", "*wə-yēṣᵊʾû*": "and they departed/went out", "*ʾûr*": "Ur", "*kaśdîm*": "Chaldeans/Chaldees", "*lāleket*": "to go/walk/travel", "*ʾarṣâ*": "to the land of", "*kᵊnaʿan*": "Canaan", "*wə-yābōʾû*": "and they came/arrived", "*ḥārān*": "Haran", "*wə-yēšᵊbû*": "and they settled/dwelt" } }
• Heb 11:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Hebrews.11.8", "source": "Πίστει καλούμενος Ἀβραὰμ ὑπήκουσεν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὸν τόπον ὃν ἤμελλεν λαμβάνειν εἰς κληρονομίαν· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν, μὴ ἐπιστάμενος ποῦ ἔρχεται.", "text": "By *pistei* being *kaloumenos* *Abraam* *hypēkousen* to *exelthein* into the *topon* which he *ēmellen* *lambanein* for *klēronomian*; and he *exēlthen*, *mē* *epistamenos* where he *erchetai*.", "grammar": { "*pistei*": "dative, feminine, singular - by faith", "*kaloumenos*": "present passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being called", "*hypēkousen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - obeyed/hearkened", "*exelthein*": "aorist active infinitive - to go out", "*topon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - place", "*ēmellen*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was about/going to", "*lambanein*": "present active infinitive - to receive", "*klēronomian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - inheritance", "*exēlthen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - went out/departed", "*mē*": "negative particle - not", "*epistamenos*": "present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - knowing", "*erchetai*": "present middle indicative, 3rd singular - he comes/goes" }, "variants": { "*kaloumenos*": "being called/summoned/invited", "*hypēkousen*": "obeyed/hearkened/submitted", "*exelthein*": "to go out/depart/leave", "*topon*": "place/location/region", "*ēmellen*": "was about/going to/intended", "*lambanein*": "to receive/obtain/take", "*klēronomian*": "inheritance/possession/property", "*exēlthen*": "went out/departed/left", "*epistamenos*": "knowing/understanding/being aware", "*erchetai*": "comes/goes/travels" } }