KJV King James 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.
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Genesis 12:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 12
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 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.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאַבְרָ֗םH87 · av.ramAbramכַּאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֤רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֵלָיו֙H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיֵּ֥לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאִתּ֖וֹH854 · etwithל֑וֹטH3876 · lotLotוְאַבְרָ֗םH87 · av.ramAbramבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childחָמֵ֤שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveשָׁנִים֙H8141 · sha.nehyearוְשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearבְּצֵאת֖וֹH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמֵחָרָֽן׃H2771 · cha.ranHaran
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.Genesis 11:27Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
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