Genesis 12:7
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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.Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
In other translations
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.Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Hebrew words
וַיֵּרָאvaiyera'and he appearedH7200יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־'el-toH413אַבְרָם'avramAbramH87וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לְזַרְעֲךָlezar'akhato offspring yourH2233אֶתֵּן'etenI will giveH5414אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063וַיִּבֶןvaiyivenand he builtH1129שָׁםshamthereH8033מִזְבֵּחַmizbeachan altarH4196לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068הַנִּרְאֶהhanir'ehwho had appearedH7200אֵלָיו׃'elavto himH413
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Related verses
- Genesis 17:8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Galatians 3:16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- Genesis 18:1And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 13:4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Psalm 105:9-129 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.9 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: 11 “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” 12 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
- Genesis 13:18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- Exodus 33:1And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
- Genesis 26:25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
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People: Abraham