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When they arrived in Canaan, <a href="/esv/genesis/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/bsb/genesis/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/kjv/genesis/12.htm">King James Bible</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/12.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the people which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; so they came to the land of Canaan. <a href="/nasb/genesis/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. <a href="/lsb/genesis/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go forth to the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. <a href="/amp/genesis/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had acquired, and the people (servants) which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/csb/genesis/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/hcsb/genesis/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people he had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/asv/genesis/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran: and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came. <a href="/erv/genesis/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. <a href="/gwt/genesis/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Abram set out for Canaan. He took along his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the servants they had acquired in Haran. <a href="/gnt/genesis/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaves they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan, <a href="/isv/genesis/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the servants he had acquired while living in Haran. Then they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they arrived in the land of Canaan, <a href="/msb/genesis/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/net/genesis/12.htm">NET Bible</a> And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan. <a href="/nheb/genesis/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they left to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/wbt/genesis/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went to go forth into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. <a href="/web/genesis/12.htm">World English Bible</a> Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Abram takes his wife Sarai, and his brother’s son Lot, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Haran; and they go out to go toward the land of Canaan; and they come to the land of Canaan. <a href="/ylt/genesis/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan. <a href="/slt/genesis/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Abram will take Sand his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their riches which they acquired, and the souls which they acquired in Haran, and they came forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they shall come into the land of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it, <a href="/cpdv/genesis/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it, <a href="/nabre/genesis/12.htm">New American Bible</a> Abram took his wife Sarai, his brother’s son Lot, all the possessions that they had accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son and all their possessions which they had gained and the persons that they had gotten in Haran, and they went on their way to the land of Canaan, and to the land of Canaan they came. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot the son of his brother and all their possessions that they owned and the souls that they had produced in Kharan, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan and they came to the land of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. <a href="/sep/genesis/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan. <a href="/parallel/genesis/12-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=2593" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/12.htm">The Calling of Abram</a> …4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. 5<a href="/hebrew/87.htm" title="87: ’aḇ·rām (N-proper-ms) -- Exalted father, the original name of Abraham. Contracted from 'Abiyram; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham.">And Abram</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">his wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8297.htm" title="8297: śā·ray (N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Abram. From sar; dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham.">Sarai,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">his nephew</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’ā·ḥîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3876.htm" title="3876: lō·wṭ (N-proper-ms) -- Abraham's nephew. The same as lowt; Lot, Abraham's nephew.">Lot,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7399.htm" title="7399: rə·ḵū·šām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Property, goods. Or rkush; from passive participle of rakash; property.">the possessions</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7408.htm" title="7408: rā·ḵā·šū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To collect, gather (property). A primitive root; to lay up, i.e. Collect."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·ne·p̄eš (Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">and people</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">they had acquired</a> <a href="/hebrew/2771.htm" title="2771: ḇə·ḥā·rān (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Haran -- crossroads, a city in northern Mesopotamia. From charar; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place.">in Haran,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and set out</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fs:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">for the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">When they came</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fs:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">to the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·nā·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan,</a> 6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8-9</a> By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-4</a> And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living. <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7-8</a> You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. / You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous. <a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Galatians 3:6-9</a> So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” / Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. / The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” ... <a href="/romans/4-1.htm">Romans 4:1-3</a> What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered? / If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. / For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” <a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Isaiah 51:2</a> Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2-3</a> And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods. / But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac, <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a> He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a> 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. <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a> And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. <a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13</a> All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a> The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Genesis 28:4</a> And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.” <a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1-4</a> So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. / And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob. / “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.the souls.<a href="/genesis/14-14.htm">Genesis 14:14,21</a> And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan… <a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Genesis 46:5-26</a> And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him… in.<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a> And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.and into.<a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a> And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.<a href="/acts/7-4.htm">Acts 7:4</a> Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.<a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8,9</a> By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went… Canaan.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-14.htm">Accumulated</a> <a href="/genesis/4-1.htm">Acquired</a> <a href="/genesis/10-25.htm">Brother's</a> <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-21.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/genesis/4-1.htm">Gotten</a> <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/colossians/4-10.htm">Nephew</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/genesis/4-20.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Sarai</a> <a href="/genesis/1-20.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">Accumulated</a> <a href="/genesis/15-2.htm">Acquired</a> <a href="/genesis/14-12.htm">Brother's</a> <a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/14-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/25-8.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/genesis/31-1.htm">Gotten</a> <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/genesis/14-12.htm">Nephew</a> <a href="/genesis/14-21.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/genesis/13-6.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Sarai</a> <a href="/genesis/14-21.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/genesis/13-6.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 12</div>1. <a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.</a> 4. <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">He journeys through Canaan,</a> 7. <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">which is promised to him in a vision.</a> 10. <a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">He is driven by famine into Egypt.</a> 11. <a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister.</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/12-14.htm">Pharaoh, having taken her from him, is compelled to restore her.</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/12-18.htm">Pharaoh reproves Abram, whom he dismisses.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The act of taking signifies leadership and responsibility. Abram's role as the patriarch is emphasized here, as he leads his family in obedience to God's call.his wife Sarai Sarai, later renamed Sarah, means "princess" in Hebrew. Her inclusion highlights the importance of family unity and partnership in fulfilling God's promises. Sarai's journey with Abram is a testament to her faith and support in God's plan.his nephew Lot Lot's presence is significant as it introduces future narratives of conflict and separation. The Hebrew root of Lot's name suggests "covering" or "veil," which may symbolize the complexities and challenges that arise in familial relationships and decisions.and all the possessions The mention of possessions underscores the wealth and resources Abram had accumulated. In the ancient Near Eastern context, wealth was often seen as a sign of divine favor. This phrase also highlights the practical aspects of Abram's journey, as he was not only moving people but also managing substantial resources.and people they had acquired in Haran This phrase indicates the growth of Abram's household and influence. The term "acquired" suggests both servants and possibly converts to Abram's faith, reflecting his role as a leader and a witness to God's promises even in a foreign land.and they set out for the land of Canaan Canaan is the land promised by God to Abram and his descendants. The act of setting out signifies faith and obedience, as Abram leaves behind the familiar for the unknown, trusting in God's guidance and promise.When they came to the land of Canaan This arrival marks the fulfillment of the first step in God's promise to Abram. Canaan, a land with a rich and complex history, becomes the stage for the unfolding of God's covenant. The phrase signifies a new beginning and the faithfulness of God in leading Abram to the promised land.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Their substance that they had gathered.--Not cattle only, but wealth of every kind. As we have no data about the migration of Terah, except that it was after the death of Haran, and that Haran left children, we cannot tell how long the family rested at their first halting place, but it was probably a period of several years; and as Abram was "very rich in silver and in gold," he had apparently engaged there in trade, and thus possibly knew the course which the caravans took.The souls that they had gotten.--Heb., had made. Onkelos and the Jewish interpreters explain this of proselytes, and persons whom they had converted to the faith in one God. Such might probably be in Abram's company; but the most part were his dependents and slaves (comp. <a href="/genesis/14-14.htm" title="And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them to Dan.">Genesis 14:14</a>,), though the word "slave" suggests a very different relation to us than that which existed between Abram and his household. Their descendants were most certainly incorporated into the Israelitish nation, and we have direct testimony that Abram gave them careful religious training (<a href="/genesis/18-19.htm" title="For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.">Genesis 18:19</a>). Thus the Jewish traditions record a fact, and by acknowledging Abram's household as proselytes admit their claim to incorporation with the race.Into the land of Canaan they came.--Slowly and leisurely as the cattle with their young and the women and children could travel, Abram would take his way along the 300 miles which separated him from Canaan. The ford by which he crossed the Euphrates was probably that at Jerabolus, the ancient Carchemish, as the route this way is both more direct and more fertile than either that which leads to the ferry of Bir or that by Thapsacus. The difficulty of passing so great a river with so much substance, and people, and cattle would give fresh importance to his title of "the Hebrew," the passer over, already his by right of descent from Eber, so named from the passage of the Tigris. More correctly, these names are 'Eber and 'Ebrew, and have nothing in common with "Heber the Kenite" (<a href="/judges/4-11.htm" title="Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.">Judges 4:11</a>). From Carchemish Abram's route would lie to the south-west, by Tadmor and Damascus; and Josephus (Antiq., i. 7) has preserved the legend that "Abram came with an army from the country beyond Babylon, and conquered Damascus, and reigned there for a short time, after which he migrated into the land of Canaan." In Eliezer of Damascus we have a reminiscence of Abram's halt there (<a href="/genesis/15-2.htm" title="And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?">Genesis 15:2</a>). But it could not have been long, for Mr. Malan (Philosophy or Truth, pp. 98-143) has conclusively shown by the dates in Holy Scripture that only about a year elapsed between Abram's departure from Kharan and his settlement in Canaan.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - And Abram took (an important addition to the foregoing statement, intimating that Abram did not go forth as a lonely wanderer, but accompanied by) Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance - recush, acquired wealth, from racash, to gain (cf. <a href="/genesis/14-11.htm">Genesis 14:11, 16, 21</a>; <a href="/genesis/15-14.htm">Genesis 15:14</a>), which consisted chiefly in cattle, Lot and Abram being nomads - that they had gathered (not necessarily implying a protracted stay, as some allege), and the souls - here slaves and their children (cf. <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Ezekiel 27:13</a>) - that they had gotten - "not only as secular property for themselves, but as brethren to themselves, and as children of the one heavenly Father" (Wordsworth); that they had converted to the law (Onkelos); that they had proselyted (Raschi, Targam Jonathan, and Jerusalem Targum) - in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; - a prolepsis (cf. <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a>, q.v.) - and into the land of Canaan they came - a distance of 300 miles from Haran, from which their course must have been across the Euphrates in one of its higher affluent, over the Syrian desert, southwards to Lebanon and Damascus (cf. <a href="/genesis/15-2.htm">Genesis 15:2</a>), where, according to Josephus, the patriarch reigned for some considerable time, "being come with an army from the land of the Chaldaeans" ('Ant.,' 1:07), and a village survived to his day called "Abraham's habitation." According to the partitionists (Tuch, Bleek, Colenso, Davidson) this verse belongs to the Elohist or fundamental document; but if so, then the Jehovist represents Abram (ver. 6) as journeying through the land without having previously mentioned what land (cf. Quarry, p. 420). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/12-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And Abram אַבְרָם֩ (’aḇ·rām) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_87.htm">Strong's 87: </a> Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham took וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take his wife אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ (’iš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female Sarai, שָׂרַ֨י (śā·ray) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8297.htm">Strong's 8297: </a> Sarai -- a wife of Abram his nephew בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son Lot, ל֣וֹט (lō·wṭ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3876.htm">Strong's 3876: </a> Lot -- Abraham's nephew and all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the possessions רְכוּשָׁם֙ (rə·ḵū·šām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7399.htm">Strong's 7399: </a> Property, goods and people הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ (han·ne·p̄eš) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion they had acquired עָשׂ֣וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in Haran, בְחָרָ֑ן (ḇə·ḥā·rān) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2771.htm">Strong's 2771: </a> Haran -- 'crossroads', a city in northern Mesopotamia and set out וַיֵּצְא֗וּ (way·yê·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim for the land אַ֣רְצָה (’ar·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Canaan. כְּנַ֔עַן (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan When they came וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to the land אַ֥רְצָה (’ar·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Canaan, כְּנָֽעַן׃ (kə·nā·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/12-5.htm">Genesis 12:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/12-5.htm">OT Law: Genesis 12:5 Abram took Sarai his wife Lot his (Gen. 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