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Genesis 12:1

“YHWH said to Abram, “Go from your land, from your kindred, and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you.”

Genesis 12:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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God calls Abram and promises blessing for all the families of the earthHope

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Quotation · Acts 7:3

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Stephen quotes the call of Abraham without the phrase “and from the house of your father.”

Formula: εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν “said to him” (Acts 7:3)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ δεῦρο εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל אַבְרָם לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ

Septuagint (Genesis 12:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος τῷ Ἁβρἀμ Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου, εἰς τὴν γῆν ἢν ἄν δείξω.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Genesis 12:1, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
to Abramאַבְרָםavram

Abram

Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".

Where else “avram” appears
“Goלֶךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lech” appears
from your landאַרְצְarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arts” appears
from your kindredמּוֹלַדְתְּmoladt

kindred

One's family and homeland.

Where else “moladt” appears
and from the houseבֵּיתbet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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of your fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

Where else “avi” appears
I will show youאַרְאֶare

appear

To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.

Where else “are” appears

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Acts 7:3

Stephen quotes the call of Abraham without the phrase “and from the house of your father.”

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Genesis 12:1

1YHWH said to Abram, “Go from your land, from your kindred, and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you.

Acts 7:3

3and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make great your name; and be a blessing.

Read all of Genesis 12

To study Genesis 12 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What did YHWH command and promise Abram, and what did he do (vv. 1-4)?

  2. 2. What it means

    What does it mean that in Abram all the families of the earth will be blessed (v. 3)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    What step of trust can you take today, even without seeing the whole road, as Abram did?

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