Genesis 12:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 12:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 12:4 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 12:4 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
Genesis 12:4 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 12:4
“Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 12:4: lord, went, five
“Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.”
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“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with Genesis 12:4: went, five, years
“And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 12:4: went, five, years
“This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: to...: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc”
Shares key themes with Genesis 12:4: went, five, years
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