GENESIS 12:5

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“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.”

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Genesis 12:5 Translation & Meaning

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And Abram אַבְרָם֩ Abram, the original name of Abraham Abram
took וַיִּקַּ֣ח To take (in the widest variety of applications) took
Sarai שָׂרַ֨י Sarai, the wife of Abraham Sarai
his wife, אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ A woman wife
and Lot ל֣וֹט Lot, Abraham's nephew Lot
his brother's אָחִ֗יו A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) brothers
son, בֶּן A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) son
and all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
their substance רְכוּשָׁם֙ Property (as gathered) substance
that אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
they had gathered, רָכָ֔שׁוּ To lay up, i.e., collect gathered
and the souls הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) souls
that אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
they had gotten עָשׂ֣וּ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application gotten
in Haran; בְחָרָ֑ן Charan, the name of a place Haran
and they went forth וַיֵּֽצְא֗וּ To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim forth
to go לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) go
into the land אַ֣רְצָה The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
of Canaan; כְּנַ֔עַן Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him Canaan
and into the land אַ֥רְצָה The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
of Canaan כְּנָֽעַן׃ Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him Canaan
they came. וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) came

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  • 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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