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Genesis 12:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Genesis 12:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:417 words
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
לוֹטlwōṭLot
וְאַבְרָםwəʾavərāmAnd Abram
בֶּןbenSon
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
וְשִׁבְעִיםwəšivəʿîmAnd seventy
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּצֵאתוֹbəṣēʾtwōIn go
מֵחָרָןmēḥārānFrom Charan
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
לוֹטlwōṭLot
וְאַבְרָםwəʾavərāmAnd Abram
בֶּןbenSon
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
וְשִׁבְעִיםwəšivəʿîmAnd seventy
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּצֵאתוֹbəṣēʾtwōIn go
מֵחָרָןmēḥārānFrom Charan

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