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Genesis 12:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

So (literally, and) Abram departed—from Ur of the Chaldees, or from Haran (vide supra)—as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him. Lot's name being repeated here because of his connection with the ensuing narrative.

And Abram was seventy and five years old—literally, a son of five years and seventy years (cf. )—when he departed—literally, in his going forth upon the second stage of his journey—from Haran.

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