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Then Abramוַ אַבְרָםset out,יִּסַּעmoving on by stagesהָלוֹךְ וְנָסוֹעַtoward the Negev.הַנֶּגְבָּה
Genesis 12:9
Study it in the app“Then Abram set out, moving on by stages toward the Negev.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:9, word by word
- Then Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- set outיִּסַּעyisa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisa” appears- moving on by stagesהָלוֹךְhaloch
keep growing
Something that grows little by little.
Where else “haloch” appears- toward the Negevנֶּגְבָּnegba
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negba” appears
The context
8From there he moved on to the mountain east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to YHWH and called on the name of YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10There was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to reside as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.
To study Genesis 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH command and promise Abram, and what did he do (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that in Abram all the families of the earth will be blessed (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What step of trust can you take today, even without seeing the whole road, as Abram did?