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Genesis 12:5

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.

KJV

Tulitque Sarai uxorem suam, et Lot filium fratris sui, universamque substantiam quam possederant, et animas quas fecerant in Haran : et egressi sunt ut irent in terram Chanaan. Cumque venissent in eam,

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀβρὰμ τὴν Σαρὰ γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Λὼτ υἱὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν ὅσα ἐκτήσαντο καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ἣν ἐκτήσαντο ἐκ Χαρράν, καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν πορευθῆναι εἰς γῆν Χανάαν· καὶ ἦλθον εἰς γῆν Χανάαν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח אַבְרָם֩ אֶת שָׂרַ֨י אִשְׁתּ֜/וֹ וְ/אֶת ל֣וֹט בֶּן אָחִ֗י/ו וְ/אֶת כָּל רְכוּשָׁ/ם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָכָ֔שׁוּ וְ/אֶת הַ/נֶּ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂ֣וּ בְ/חָרָ֑ן וַ/יֵּצְא֗וּ לָ/לֶ֨כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָ/ה כְּנַ֔עַן וַ/יָּבֹ֖אוּ אַ֥רְצָ/ה כְּנָֽעַן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People CanaanAbrahamSarahHaranLot
Places Canaan

In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 28×
חָרָ֖ן
chrn
proper_noun · 12×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ל֖וֹט
lvt
proper_noun · 33×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
רָכַ֖שׁ
rksh
verb · 5×
שָׂרַ֣י
shry
proper_noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:4 — Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
  • Acts 13:19 — And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
  • Gen 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
  • Gen 14:12 — And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
  • Gen 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
  • Gen 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
  • Heb 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
  • Jer 52:29 — In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
  • Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all