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Genesis 12:4

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12:4So Abram left,12 just as the Lord had told him to do,13 and Lot went with him. (Now14 Abram was 75 years old15 when he departed from Haran.)

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  1. 12 So Abram left. This is the report of Abram’s obedience to God’s command (see v. 1).
  2. 13 Heb “just as the Lord said to him.”
  3. 14 The disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + implied “to be” verb) is parenthetical, telling the age of Abram when he left Haran.
  4. 15 Heb “was the son of five years and seventy year[s].” Terah was 70 years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran (Gen 11:26). Terah was 205 when he died in Haran (11:32). Abram left Haran at the age of 75 after his father died. Abram was born when Terah was 130. Abram was not the firstborn—he is placed first in the list of three because of his importance. The same is true of the list in Gen 10:1 (Shem, Ham and Japheth). Ham was the youngest son (9:24). Japheth was the older brother of Shem (10:21), so the birth order of Noah’s sons was Japheth, Shem, and Ham.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Abram went out as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he went out from Haran.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.