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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 14 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

12:6-13:7

[12:6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. [12:7] And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. [12:8] And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. [12:9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. [12:10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. [12:11] And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: [12:12] and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. [12:13] Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. [12:14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. [12:15] And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. [12:16] And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. [12:17] And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. [12:18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? [12:19] why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. [12:20] And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. [13:1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. [13:2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. [13:3] And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai, [13:4] unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. [13:5] And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. [13:6] And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. [13:7] And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
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Anthropomorphismtheology

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

Jehovah 'appeared' to Abram in a personal, addressable form and spoke directly, employing human-like modes of encounter without fully resolving the theological tension.

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Covenanttheology

A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.

Jehovah's declaration 'Unto thy seed will I give this land' (12:7) establishes a binding divine promise to Abram's lineage, a foundational covenantal act.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The divine actively orders events for Abram: promising the land, plaguing Pharaoh to recover Sarai, and guiding the narrative toward a clear purposeful end.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

Jehovah appears, speaks, promises, and actively plagues Pharaoh's house in response to human actions, portraying a personal, dynamic, responsive deity.

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Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

Abram 'called upon the name of Jehovah' twice (12:8, 13:4), treating the divine name as a locus of invocation and worship at his altars.

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