Genesis 12:7 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 12:7

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The Lord appeared - In what way this appearance was made we know not; it was probably by the great angel of the covenant, Jesus the Christ. The appearance, whatsoever it was, perfectly satisfied Abram, and proved itself to be supernatural and Divine. It is worthy of remark that Abram is the first man to whom God is said to have shown himself or appeared: 1. In Ur of the Chaldees, Act 7:2; and 2. At the oak of Moreh, as in this verse.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּרָ֤א	vai.ye.Ra'	and he appeared	H7200 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַבְרָ֔ם	'av.Ram	Abram	H87 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔	le.Zar.'a.kha	to offspring your	H2233 →
אֶתֵּ֖ן	'e.Ten	I will give	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֣רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
הַזֹּ֑את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
וַיִּ֤בֶן	vai.Yi.ven	and he built	H1129 →
שָׁם֙	sham	there	H8033 →
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ	miz.Be.ach	an altar	H4196 →
לַיהוָ֖ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה	ha.nir.'Eh	who had appeared	H7200 →
אֵלָֽיו׃	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Luke 1:6
  Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Genesis 18:14
  Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 6:9
  This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Through
Galatians 3:16
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.
leads to
- Genesis 17:7–8
  I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Romans 4:13
  For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Luke 1:55
  as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”