Genesis 12:1

Translations

Modern

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

Traditional

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:

Literal

And YHWH had said to Abram, “Go for yourself from your land and from your kindred and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.

Latin

Dixit autem Dominus ad Abram: Egredere de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et de domo patris tui, et veni in terram quam monstrabo tibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

Notes

Genesis 12:1

Abram knew that he should leave, but he did not know where he was going. Obedience required faith.

Genesis 12:1–3

These verses are structured around two commands to Abram: Leave and be a blessing (see study note on 12:2). Each command is followed by three promises conditioned upon obedience.

Genesis 12:1–9

Through Abram's faith and family, God started to restore the blessing. God called Abram from a pagan world to start a new nation. His promises to Abram later became a covenant (chapter 15).
God's calling of Abram later helped convince the Israelites to leave Egypt and go to the land God promised to Abram. It also reminded the Babylonian exiles of their need to return to their own land (for example, Isaiah 51).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham The Son of Man Ancestors of Jesus Babel: The Dispersion of Nations God’s Covenant with Abraham God’s Covenants God’s New Covenant Holy War Nehemiah’s Confidence in God Promised Land Security and Obedience Symbolic Numbers The Land The Priestly Blessing

Events

Abraham enters Canaanc. 1921 BC
Abrahamic Covenantc. 1921 BC

Related verses

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
Acts 7:2–6
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Nehemiah 9:7
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
Joshua 24:2–3
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
Genesis 11:31–32
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Luke 14:26–33
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Ezekiel 33:24
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Psalm 45:10–11
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Isaiah 41:9
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.

Parallels

Genesis 26:1–5 Acts 7:1–8

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Glossary

Abraham Ben-Ammi Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Circumcision Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Gospel of Matthew Haran (Place) History of Israel Inheritance Isaiah, Book of Land Malachi, Book of Midian, Midianite Monotheism Moses Nations Patriarchs, Period of the Promise Terah (Person)

Topics

Abraham: Canaan Given To Abraham: Divine Call of Call: To Special Religious Duty of Abraham Canaan: Land of Promised to Abraham and his Seed Communion: Abraham Courage: The Courage of Conviction: Abraham, in Leaving his Fatherland Covenant: Abraham Faith: Abraham, in Forsaking the Land of his Nativity at the Command of God Faith: Trial of Abraham, when Commanded to Leave his Native Land and to Go where he did not Know God: Guide God: The Call of Abraham Haran: Also Called Charran: Abraham Leaves, by Divine Command Houses: Antiquity of Obedience to God: Abram Obedience: Abraham Pilgrims and Strangers: Saints are Called to Be Promised Land Religion: Outstanding Religious Persons: Abraham Salvation: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Canaanites: Abraham: Called to Dwell Amongst The Jews: Promises Respecting Made to Abraham

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