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Genesis 12

Gen. 12:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he removed
`athaq (Hebrew #6275)
to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe
KJV usage: copy out, leave off, become (wax) old, remove.
Pronounce: aw-thak'
Origin: a primitive root
from thence unto a mountain
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
on the east
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
of Beth-el
Beyth-'El (Hebrew #1008)
house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-el.
Pronounce: bayth-ale'
Origin: from 1004 and 410
y, and pitched
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
his tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
, having Beth-el
Beyth-'El (Hebrew #1008)
house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-el.
Pronounce: bayth-ale'
Origin: from 1004 and 410
on the west
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and ηHai
`Ay (Hebrew #5857)
or eAyath (Isaiah 10:28) {ah-yawth'}; for 5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Pronounce: ah'ee
Origin: or (feminine) uAya( (Neh. 11:31) {ah-yaw'}
on the east
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
: and there he builded
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
an altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
z upon the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Gen. 28:19• 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first. (Gen. 28:19)
η
Ai. Jos. 7. 2.
z
Gen. 21:33• 33And Abraham planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal *God. (Gen. 21:33)

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Altar,
Beth-el; Bethel,
East,
Hai,
Mountain Mount,
Tent,
West

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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of Beth-el.
Gen. 28:19• 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first. (Gen. 28:19)
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Gen. 35:3,15‑16• 3and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the *God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
 15And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.
 16And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing. (Gen. 35:3,15‑16)
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Josh. 8:17• 17And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. (Josh. 8:17)
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Josh. 18:22• 22and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, (Josh. 18:22)
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Neh. 11:31• 31And the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages, (Neh. 11:31)
Hai.
Josh. 7:2• 2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out Ai. (Josh. 7:2)
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Josh. 8:3• 3And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night. (Josh. 8:3)
Ai.
Neh. 11:31• 31And the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages, (Neh. 11:31)
Aija.
Isa. 10:28• 28He is come to Aiath, he hath passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage. (Isa. 10:28)
Aiath.
called.
Gen. 4:26• 26And to Seth, to him also was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of Jehovah. (Gen. 4:26)
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Gen. 13:4• 4to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. (Gen. 13:4)
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Gen. 21:33• 33And Abraham planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal *God. (Gen. 21:33)
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Psa. 116:4• 4Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul. (Psa. 116:4)
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Joel 2:32• 32And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call. (Joel 2:32)
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Acts 2:21• 21And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:21)
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Rom. 10:12‑14• 12For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him.
 13For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
 14How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without one who preaches? (Rom. 10:12‑14)
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1 Cor. 1:2• 2to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours: (1 Cor. 1:2)
• The revelation of God, when far from Him, sets us out on the journey of faith, inspires the walk toward heaven. When in the heavenly position, God reveals Himself for communion and worship and a full revelation of His ways. (“Genesis 12” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel toward the westa, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit "the sea."