Genesis 12:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 12:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֵּרָ֤א
râʼâh
H7200
to see
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אַבְרָ֔ם
ʼAbrâm
H87
Abram
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
אֶתֵּ֖ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָאָ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
הַזֹּ֑את
zôʼth
H2063
this
וַיִּ֤בֶן
bânâh
H1129
to build
שָׁם֙
shâm
H8033
there
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ
mizbêach
H4196
altar
לַיהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֵלָֽיו
ʼêl
H413
to
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).