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Genesis 12:1

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
אַבְרָ֔ם
ʼAbrâm
Abram, the original name of Abraham
לֶךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
לְךָ֛
le-
to/for you/your (m.s.)
מֵאַרְצְךָ֥
ʼerets
from — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖
môwledeth
and from — nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
וּמִבֵּ֣ית
bayith
and from — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אָבִ֑יךָ
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
הָאָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
the — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אַרְאֶֽךָּ
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Genesis 12:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now [in Haran] the Lord had said to Abram, “Go
Inclusio
God's very first words to Abram use a rare doubled Hebrew construction - lech-lecha, "go, for yourself" - that appears nowhere else in Genes…
away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you;
Inclusio
God's very first words to Abram use a rare doubled Hebrew construction - lech-lecha, "go, for yourself" - that appears nowhere else in Genes…
[Heb 11:8-10]
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Genesis 12:1New

The Hebrew phrase translated "go" here, lech-lecha, is unusual — it means something closer to "get yourself going," and it appears in exactly one other place in the entire Bible: God's command to Abraham to take Isaac to Moriah (22:2). Those two commands bookend Abraham's whole story — the call that starts everything and the test that culminates it use identical, rare wording. Whatever this chapter is setting in motion, Genesis wants the ending read against this beginning.

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Today's memory verse · from this session
Now [in Haran] the Lord had said to Abram, “Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; [Heb 11:8-10]
Genesis 12:1
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