Genesis 12 · Verse 4

Genesis 12:4

So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis 12:4, King James Version

Genesis 12:4 in other translations

BSBSo Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
WEBSo Abram went, as the LORD had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
ASVSo Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
YLTAnd Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram is a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.
DARBYAnd Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
BBESo Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
WebsterSo Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed from Haran.

What does Genesis 12:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 And Abram was seventy and five years old - As Abram was now seventy-five years old, and his father Terah had just died, at the age of two hundred and five, consequently Terah must have been one hundred and thirty when Abram was born; and the seventieth year of his age mentioned Gen 11:26, was the period at which Haran, not Abram, was born. See on Genesis 11 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 12:4-5
Abram believed that the blessing of the Almighty would make up for all he could lose or leave behind, supply all his wants, and answer and exceed all his desires; and he knew that nothing but misery would follow disobedience. Such believers, being justified by faith in Christ, have peace with God. They hold on their way to Canaan. They are not discouraged by the difficulties in their way, nor drawn aside by the delights they meet with. Those who set out for heaven must persevere to the end. What we undertake, in obedience to God's command, and in humble attendance on his providence, will certainly succeed, and end with comfort at last. Canaan was not, as other lands, a mere outward possession, but a type of heaven, and in this respect the patriarchs so earnestly prized it.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 12:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
אַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamAbramH87
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
דִּבֶּ֤רdi.Berhe had saidH1696
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
אִתּ֖וֹ'i.Towith himH854
ל֑וֹטLotLotH3876
וְאַבְרָ֗םve.'av.Ramand AbramH87
בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
חָמֵ֤שׁcha.MeshfiveH2568
שָׁנִים֙sha.NimyearsH8141
וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםve.shiv.'Imand seventyH7657
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּצֵאת֖וֹbe.tze.Towhen came out heH3318
מֵחָרָֽן\׃me.cha.Ranfrom HaranH2771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 12:4

  • Hebrews 11:8

    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.

  • Genesis 11:31

    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.

  • Genesis 11:27

    Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and Lot.
11:27
departed out.
Heb 11:8

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Context

  • Genesis 12:3

    And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • Genesis 12:4

    So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  • Genesis 12:5

    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.

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Genesis 12:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fuése Abram, como Jehová le dijo; y fué con él Lot: y era Abram de edad de setenta y cinco años cuando salió de Harán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Abram s’en alla, comme l’ Éternel lui avait dit; et Lot s’en alla avec lui. Et Abram était âgé de 75 ans lorsqu’il sortit de Charan.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Abram ging hin, wie Jehova zu ihm geredet hatte, und Lot ging mit ihm; und Abram war 75 Jahre alt, als er aus Haran zog.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Egressus est itaque Abram sicut præceperat ei Dominus, et ivit cum eo Lot: septuaginta quinque annorum erat Abram cum egrederetur de Haran.