Genesis 12:7 (YLT)

Passage

And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

Nearby Context

Genesis 12:5 And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:6 And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite <FI>is<Fi> then in the land.

Genesis 12:7 And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

Genesis 12:8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 12:9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "appeareth", "abram", "saith", "seed", "give", "land", and "buildeth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "appeareth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Abram passeth over into the land..." into verse 8's "And he removeth from thence towards a...", so "jehovah" and "appeareth" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "appeareth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.