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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 called Luz at the first. (Gen. 28:19)
η
Ai. Jos. 7. 2.
z
Gen. 21:33• 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting 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 called Luz at the first. (Gen. 28:19)
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Gen. 35:3,15‑16• 3And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
 15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
 16And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. (Gen. 35:3,15‑16)
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Josh. 8:17• 17And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, 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 Beth-el, (Josh. 18:22)
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Neh. 11:31• 31The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their 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 Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. (Josh. 7:2)
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Josh. 8:3• 3So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. (Josh. 8:3)
Ai.
Neh. 11:31• 31The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, (Neh. 11:31)
Aija.
Isa. 10:28• 28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: (Isa. 10:28)
Aiath.
called.
Gen. 4:26• 26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. (Gen. 4:26)
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Gen. 13:4• 4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. (Gen. 13:4)
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Gen. 21:33• 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. (Gen. 21:33)
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Psa. 116:4• 4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (Psa. 116:4)
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Joel 2:32• 32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. (Joel 2:32)
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Acts 2:21• 21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:21)
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Rom. 10:12‑14• 12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
 13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
 14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (Rom. 10:12‑14)
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1 Cor. 1:2• 2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, 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."