Genesis 12:5-9

Contemporary English Version

^4-5Abram was 75 years old when the Lord told him to leave the city of Haran. He obeyed and left with his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and slaves they had acquired while in Haran.

When they came to the land of Canaan, ⁶Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time, ⁷^(A) but the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, “I will give this land to your family forever.” Abram then built an altar there for the Lord.

⁸Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the Lord. ⁹Later, Abram started out toward the Southern Desert.

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Genesis 12:5-9

New International Version

⁵He took his wife Sarai,^(A) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated^(B) and the people^(C) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,^(D) and they arrived there.

⁶Abram traveled through the land^(E) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh^(F) at Shechem.^(G) At that time the Canaanites^(H) were in the land. ⁷The Lord appeared to Abram^(I) and said, “To your offspring^[a] I will give this land.^(J)”^(K) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(L) who had appeared to him.

⁸From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(M) and pitched his tent,^(N) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(O) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(P)

⁹Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.^(Q)

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