So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
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- WEB So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
- 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.
- BSB So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- NKJV So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
- NASB So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
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Quick answer
Abram obeyed and departed at age seventy-five, with Lot accompanying him. His prompt obedience exemplifies living faith.
Overview
Abram's simple response, 'So Abram went,' embodies the obedience that faith produces (Heb 11:8). Despite his advanced age and the costs involved, he trusts God's word and moves. Lot's inclusion foreshadows the relational complications that will later arise within the journey of faith.
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- Heb 11:8By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
- Gen 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
- Gen 11:27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
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