The Bible Software
bible.software › Genesis › Genesis 12 › Genesis 12:1

Genesis 12:1

Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha'aretz that I will show thee;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2So that I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), so that I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and so thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);

Read all of Genesis 12

Cross References

Genesis 11:31And Terach took Avram bno, and ben bno Lot ben Haran, and Sarai his shnur, eshet Avram bno; and they went forth with them from Ur Kasdim, to go into Eretz Kena'an; and they came unto Charan (Haran), and dwelt there.

Genesis 20:13And it came to pass, when Elohim caused me to wander from my bais avi, that I said unto her, This is thy chesed which thou shalt show unto me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is achi.

Genesis 24:38But thou shalt go unto bais avi, to my mishpokhot, and take an isha unto beni.

Joshua 24:2And Yehoshua said unto Kol HaAm, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Avoteichem dwelt on the other side of the + 24:2 Euphrates River long ago, even Terach, Avi Avraham, and Avi Nachor: and they served elohim acherim.

Nehemiah 9:7Thou art Hashem HaElohim, Who didst choose Avram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur Kasdim, and gavest shmo Avraham;

Isaiah 41:9Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ketzot ha'aretz, 1 and called thee from the farthest borders thereof, 1 and said unto thee, Thou art Avdi; 1 I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:1

The pedigree and family of Abram we had an account of in the foregoing chapter; here the Holy Ghost enters upon his story, and henceforward Abram and his seed are almost the only subject of the sacred history. In this chapter we have, I. God's call of Abram to the land of Canaan, ver. 1-3 . II. Abram's obedience to this call, ver. 4, 5 . III. His welcome to the land of Canaan, ver. 6-9 . IV. His journey to Egypt, with an account of what happened to him there. Abram's flight and fault, ver. 10-13 . Sarai's danger… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Almeida (Português)Luther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)聖經 (中文)성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس (العربية)बाइबल (हिन्दी)Biblia (Kiswahili)Bibbia Diodati (Italiano)Alkitab (Bahasa Indonesia)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)

Study Genesis 12:1

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeJohn WesleyJohn CalvinKeil and DelitzschScofieldFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
Genesis 12Genesis 12:2 →