Genesis 12:5

5 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew *, and all their 1possessions which they had accumulated, and 2the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set * out for the land of Canaan; 3thus they came to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:5 In-Context

3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
4 So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew , and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Genesis 13:6
  • 2. Genesis 14:14; Leviticus 22:11
  • 3. Genesis 11:31; Hebrews 11:8

Footnotes 2

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