Genesis 12
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God sends for Abram, and gives a blessing to him with a promise of Christ
Verse 1
WEB Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.
KJV 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 show thee:
TSK had: ge 11:31,32, ge 15:7, ne 9:7, isa 41:9, isa 51:2, eze 33:24; Get: jos 24:2,3, ps 45:10,11, lu 14:26-33, ac 7:2-6, 2co 6:17, heb 11:8, re 18:4
Verse 2
WEB I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
KJV And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
TSK And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and: ge 13:16, ge 15:5, ge 17:5,6, ge 18:18, ge 22:17,18, ge 24:35, ge 26:4, ge 27:29, ge 28:3,14, ge 35:11, ge 46:3, ex 1:7, ex 32:10, nu 14:12, nu 24:9,10, de 26:5, 2sa 7:9, 1ki 3:8,9, mic 7:20, ro 4:11, ga 3:7; thou shalt: ge 14:14-16, ge 18:18, ge 19:29, ge 28:4, 1ki 1:47, ga 3:14
Verse 3
WEB I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”
KJV And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
TSK And I: ge 27:29, ex 23:22, nu 24:9, mt 25:40,45; in thee: ge 18:18, ge 22:18, ge 26:4, ge 28:14, ge 30:27,30, ge 39:5, ps 72:17, ac 3:25,26, ro 4:11, 1co 1:30, ga 3:8,16,28, eph 1:3, col 3:11, re 7:9
Abram goes away from Haran
Verse 4
WEB So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
KJV 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.
Verse 5
WEB Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.
KJV And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
TSK the souls: ge 14:14,21, ge 46:5-26; in: ge 11:31; and into: ge 10:19, ac 7:4, heb 11:8,9
He travels through Canaan, and gives worship to God in that land
Verse 6
WEB Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
KJV And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
TSK passed: heb 11:9; Sichem: ge 33:18, ge 34:2, ge 35:4, jos 20:7, jos 24:32, jud 9:1, 1ki 12:1; Shechem: joh 4:5; Sychar: ac 7:16; Moreh: de 11:30, jud 7:1; Canaanite: ge 10:15,18,19, ge 13:7, ge 15:18-21
Verse 7
WEB Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your seed.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
KJV And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
TSK appeared: ge 17:1, ge 18:1, ge 32:30; Unto thy: ge 13:15, ge 17:3,8, ge 26:3, ge 28:13, ex 33:1, nu 32:11, de 1:8, de 6:10, de 30:20, ps 105:9-12, ro 9:8, ga 3:16, ga 4:28; builded: ge 12:8, ge 8:20, ge 13:4,18, ge 26:25, ge 33:20, heb 11:13
Verse 8
WEB He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.
KJV And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
TSK of Beth-el: ge 28:19, ge 35:3,15,16, jos 8:17, jos 18:22, ne 11:31; Hai: jos 7:2, jos 8:3; Aija: ne 11:31; Aiath: isa 10:28; called: ge 4:26, ge 13:4, ge 21:33, ps 116:4, joe 2:32, ac 2:21, ro 10:12-14, 1co 1:2
Verse 9
WEB Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
KJV And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
TSK going on still: ge 13:3, ge 24:62, ps 105:13, heb 11:13,14
Abram is driven by a need of food into Egypt, He says falsely that his wife to be his sister
Verse 10
WEB There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
KJV And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
TSK A. M. 2084. B.C. 1920. was a: ge 26:1, ge 42:5, ge 43:1, ge 47:13, ru 1:1, 2sa 21:1, 1ki 17:1-18, 2ki 4:38, 2ki 6:25, 2ki 7:1-8, ps 34:19, ps 107:34, jer 14:1, joh 16:33, ac 7:11, ac 14:22; went: ge 26:2,3, ge 43:1, ge 46:3,4, 2ki 8:1,2, ps 105:13
Verse 11
WEB It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
KJV And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
TSK a fair: ge 12:14, ge 26:7, ge 29:17, ge 39:6,7, 2sa 11:2, pr 21:30, so 1:14
Verse 12
WEB It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
KJV Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
TSK will kill: ge 20:11, ge 26:7, 1sa 27:1, pr 29:25, mt 10:28, 1jo 1:8-10
Verse 13
WEB Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
KJV Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
TSK Say: joh 8:44, ro 3:6-8, ro 6:23, col 3:6; thou: ge 11:29, ge 20:2,5,12,13, ge 26:7, isa 57:11, mt 26:69-75, ga 2:12,13; and: ps 146:3-5, jer 17:5-8, eze 18:4
Verse 15
WEB The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
KJV The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
TSK princes: es 2:2-16, pr 29:12, ho 7:4,5, ho 40:2, ho 41:1, ex 2:5,15, 1ki 3:1, 2ki 18:21, jer 25:19, jer 46:17, eze 32:2; taken: ge 20:2, es 2:9, ps 105:4, pr 6:29, heb 13:4
Verse 16
WEB He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
KJV And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
TSK And he: ge 13:2, ge 20:14; he had: ge 24:35, ge 26:14, ge 32:5,13-15, job 1:3, job 42:12, ps 144:13,14
Verse 17
WEB Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
KJV And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
TSK And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.: ge 20:18, 1ch 16:21, 1ch 21:22, job 34:19, ps 105:14,15, heb 13:4
Verse 18
WEB Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
KJV And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
TSK And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?: ge 3:13, ge 4:10, ge 20:9,10, ge 26:9-11, ge 31:26, ge 44:15, ex 32:21, jos 7:19, 1sa 14:43, pr 21:1
Verse 19
WEB Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”
KJV Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 20
WEB Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they brought him on the way with his wife and all that he had.
KJV And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
TSK And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.: ex 18:27, 1sa 29:6-11, ps 105:14,15, pr 21:1