Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And he built an altar there to Jehovah who appeared to him.
New American Standard Bible
The Lord
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.”
International Standard Version
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I'll give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
A Conservative Version
And LORD appeared to Abram, and said, I will give this land to thy seed. And there he built an altar to LORD, who appeared to him.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar there to [honor] the Lord who had appeared to him.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah shall be seen to Abram, and will say, To thy seed will I give this land, and he will build there an altar to Jehovah, being seen to him.
King James 2000
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto your descendants will I give this land: and there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." And he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land." And he built an altar there unto the LORD which appeared to him.
NET Bible
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to the LORD, who appeared to him.
The Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land, - And he built there an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.
Webster
And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To thy seed will I give this land: and there he erected an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
World English Bible
Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.
Themes
Altars » Mentioned in scripture » Of abraham
Appearances » Outward » Of God
Canaan » Land of » Promised to abraham and his seed
Canaanites » Given to the israelites
Children » Share benefits of covenant privileges guaranteed to parents
Communion » Instances of » Abraham
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
Faith » Instances of » Believing the promise of many descendants
God » Ability of » Appearances of
Holy land » Promised to » Abraham
Patriarchal government » Exercised in » Acting as priests
The promises of God » Made to » Abraham
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Abraham
Topics
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Zera`
Nathan
'erets
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 12:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abram's Journey
6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And he built an altar there to Jehovah who appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent with Bethel toward the sea and Hai on the east. And he built an altar there to Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
And I will give the land to you in which you are a stranger, and to your seed after you, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.
Genesis 13:15
For all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed forever.
Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.
Genesis 18:1
And Jehovah appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 13:4
to the place of the altar which he had made there at the first. And Abram called on the name of Jehovah there.
Psalm 105:9-12
the covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac;
Galatians 3:16
And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ.
Genesis 12:8
And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent with Bethel toward the sea and Hai on the east. And he built an altar there to Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram moved his tent and came and lived in the oaks of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar to Jehovah there.
Genesis 26:25
And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And Isaac's servants dug a well there.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Exodus 33:1
And Jehovah said to Moses, Come, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To your seed I will give it.
Numbers 32:11
Surely, none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and up, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me,
Genesis 8:20
And Noah built an altar to Jehovah. And he took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 15:18
In the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Genesis 17:3
And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying,
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. And he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Genesis 26:3
Reside in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For to you and to your seed I will give all these lands; and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Genesis 28:13
And behold! Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac! The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your seed.
Genesis 33:20
And he erected there an altar, and called it El, the God of Israel.
Exodus 6:3
And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty. But I was not known to them by the name JEHOVAH.
Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set before you the land; go in and possess the land which Jehovah has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.
Deuteronomy 6:10
And it shall be when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and good cities which you did not build,
Deuteronomy 30:20
so that you may love Jehovah your God, and that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, so that you may dwell in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them.
Romans 9:8
That is, not the children of the flesh are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for a seed.
Galatians 4:28
But brothers, we, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.