Parallel Verses
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 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 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.
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.
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 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) 7 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. 8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."
Genesis 13:15
I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.
Genesis 13:4
This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord.
Psalm 105:9-12
the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
Galatians 3:16
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, "and to the descendants," referring to many, but "and to your descendant," referring to one, who is Christ.
Genesis 12:8
Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Genesis 26:25
Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.
Genesis 32:30
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
Exodus 33:1
The Lord said to Moses, "Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'
Numbers 32:11
Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 15:18
That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River --
Genesis 17:3
Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
Genesis 28:13
and the Lord stood at its top. He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.
Genesis 33:20
There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God."
Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'the Lord' I was not known to them.
Deuteronomy 1:8
Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants."
Deuteronomy 6:10
Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you -- a land with large, fine cities you did not build,
Deuteronomy 30:20
I also call on you to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Romans 9:8
This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.
Galatians 4:28
But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.