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Genesis 12:5-7

5Abramאַבְרָם֩'av.RamH87tookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947his wifeאִשְׁתּ֜וֹ'ish.ToH802Saraiשָׂרַ֨יsa.RaiH8297and his nephewבֶּן־ אָחִ֗יוben- 'a.ChivH1121 H251Lotל֣וֹטLotH3876,and allכָּל־kol-H3605theirpossessionsרְכוּשָׁם֙re.khu.ShamH7399whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834they had accumulatedרָכָ֔שׁוּra.Kha.shuH7408, and thepeopleהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834they had acquiredעָשׂ֣וּ'a.SuH6213in Haranבְחָרָ֑ןve.cha.RanH2771, and theysetוַיֵּצְא֗וּ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙vai.ye.tze.'U la.Le.khetH3318 H1980out for the landאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667;so they cameוַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to the landאַ֥רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

6Abramאַבְרָם֙'av.RamH87passedוַיַּעֲבֹ֤רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674through the landבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776as farH5704as the siteמְק֣וֹםme.KomH4725ofShechemשְׁכֶ֔םshe.KhemH7927, to theoakאֵל֣וֹן'e.LonH436of Morehמוֹרֶ֑הmo.RehH4176.Now the Canaanitesוְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יve.ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669werein the landבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776atH227thatH227timeH227.

7And the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068appearedוַיֵּרָ֤אvai.ye.Ra'H7200to Abramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87and saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “To yourdescendantsלְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔le.Zar.'a.khaH2233I will giveאֶתֵּ֖ן'e.TenH5414thisH2088landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776.”So he builtוַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129an altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196thereשָׁם֙shamH8033to the Lordלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068who had appearedהַנִּרְאֶ֥הha.nir.'EhH7200to him.

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