Focused Passage

Genesis 11:27-32

Humanity Exalts Itself at Babel, God Scatters the Proud, and the Promised Line Narrows Toward Abram

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27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

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Verse 27

Original words

This וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ H428 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural is the account תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת H8435 Noun - feminine plural construct of Terah תֶּ֔רַח H8646 Noun - proper - masculine singular Terah תֶּ֚רַח H8646 Noun - proper - masculine singular became the father of הוֹלִ֣יד H3205 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Abram אַבְרָ֔ם H87 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Nahor נָח֖וֹר H5152 Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and Haran הָרָ֑ן H2039 Noun - proper - masculine singular And Haran וְהָרָ֖ן H2039 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular became the father of הוֹלִ֥יד H3205 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Lot לֽוֹט׃ H3876 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 28

Original words

During עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . פְּנֵ֖י H6440 Noun - common plural construct his father אָבִ֑יו H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Terah’s lifetime תֶּ֣רַח H8646 Noun - proper - masculine singular Haran הָרָ֔ן H2039 Noun - proper - masculine singular died וַיָּ֣מָת H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular in his native מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ H4138 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular land בְּאֶ֥רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct in Ur בְּא֥וּר H218 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular of the Chaldeans כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ H3778 Noun - proper - masculine plural
Verse 29

Original words

And Abram אַבְרָ֧ם H87 Noun - proper - masculine singular and Nahor וְנָח֛וֹר H5152 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular took וַיִּקַּ֨ח H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular wives נָשִׁ֑ים H802 Noun - feminine plural for themselves לָהֶ֖ם Preposition | third person masculine plural Abram’s אַבְרָם֙ H87 Noun - proper - masculine singular wife אֵֽשֶׁת־ H802 Noun - feminine singular construct was named שֵׁ֤ם H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct Sarai שָׂרָ֔י H8297 Noun - proper - feminine singular and Nahor’s נָחוֹר֙ H5152 Noun - proper - masculine singular wife אֵֽשֶׁת־ H802 Noun - feminine singular construct was named וְשֵׁ֤ם H8034 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Milcah מִלְכָּ֔ה H4435 Noun - proper - feminine singular she was the daughter בַּת־ H1323 Noun - feminine singular construct of Haran הָרָ֥ן H2039 Noun - proper - masculine singular [who was] the father אֲבִֽי־ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct of both Milcah מִלְכָּ֖ה H4435 Noun - proper - feminine singular . . . וַֽאֲבִ֥י H1 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct and Iscah יִסְכָּֽה׃ H3252 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 30

Original words

But Sarai שָׂרַ֖י H8297 Noun - proper - feminine singular was וַתְּהִ֥י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular barren עֲקָרָ֑ה H6135 Adjective - feminine singular she had לָ֖הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular no אֵ֥ין H369 Adverb children וָלָֽד׃ H2056 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 31

Original words

And Terah תֶּ֜רַח H8646 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker took וַיִּקַּ֨ח H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular his son בְּנ֗וֹ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Abram אַבְרָ֣ם H87 Noun - proper - masculine singular his grandson בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct Lot ל֤וֹט H3876 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בְּנ֔וֹ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular of Haran הָרָן֙ H2039 Noun - proper - masculine singular and וְאֵת֙ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker his daughter-in-law כַּלָּת֔וֹ H3618 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Sarai שָׂרַ֣י H8297 Noun - proper - feminine singular the wife אֵ֖שֶׁת H802 Noun - feminine singular construct - בְּנ֑וֹ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular of Abram אַבְרָ֣ם H87 Noun - proper - masculine singular and they set out וַיֵּצְא֨וּ H3318 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . אִתָּ֜ם H854 Preposition | third person masculine plural from Ur מֵא֣וּר H218 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular of the Chaldeans כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים H3778 Noun - proper - masculine plural for לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ H1980 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct the land אַ֣רְצָה H776 Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular of Canaan כְּנַ֔עַן H3667 Noun - proper - masculine singular But when they arrived וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural in עַד־ H5704 Preposition Haran חָרָ֖ן H2771 Noun - proper - feminine singular they settled וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural there שָֽׁם׃ H8033 Adverb
Verse 32

Original words

Terah תֶ֔רַח H8646 Noun - proper - masculine singular lived וַיִּהְי֣וּ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . יְמֵי־ H3117 Noun - masculine plural construct 205 חָמֵ֥שׁ H2568 Number - feminine singular . . . וּמָאתַ֣יִם H3967 Conjunctive waw | Number - fd . . . שָׁנָ֑ה H8141 Noun - feminine singular years שָׁנִ֖ים H8141 Noun - feminine plural and he died וַיָּ֥מָת H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . תֶּ֖רַח H8646 Noun - proper - masculine singular in Haran בְּחָרָֽן׃ס H2771 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular

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