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Genesis 11:26-12:9
New King James Version
Genesis 11:26-12:9
New King James Version
26 Now Terah lived seventy years, and (A)begot [a]Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah’s Descendants
27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot (B)Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was (C)Sarai,[b] and the name of Nahor’s wife, (D)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But (E)Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah (F)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from (G)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to (H)the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Promises to Abram(I)
12 Now the (J)Lord had said to Abram:
“Get (K)out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 (L)I will make you a great nation;
(M)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(N)And you shall be a blessing.
3 (O)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (P)you all the families of the earth shall be (Q)blessed.”
4 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. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and (R)the [c]people whom they had acquired (S)in Haran, and they (T)departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram (U)passed through the land to the place of Shechem, (V)as far as [d]the terebinth tree of Moreh. (W)And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 (X)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (Y)“To your [e]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (Z)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and (AA)called on the name of the Lord. 9 So Abram journeyed, (AB)going on still toward the [f]South.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:26 Abraham, Gen. 17:5
- Genesis 11:29 Sarah, Gen. 17:15
- Genesis 12:5 Lit. souls
- Genesis 12:6 Heb. Alon Moreh
- Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed
- Genesis 12:9 Heb. Negev
Genesis 11:26-12:9
New International Version
Genesis 11:26-12:9
New International Version
26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram,(A) Nahor(B) and Haran.(C)
Abram’s Family
27 This is the account(D) of Terah’s family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor(E) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.(F) 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(G) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(H) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(I) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(J) she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.(K)
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(L) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(M) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(N) to go to Canaan.(O) But when they came to Harran,(P) they settled there.
32 Terah(Q) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
The Call of Abram
12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household(R) to the land(S) I will show you.(T)
2 “I will make you into a great nation,(U)
and I will bless you;(V)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](W)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;(X)
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.(Y)”[b]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(Z) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(AA) when he set out from Harran.(AB) 5 He took his wife Sarai,(AC) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(AD) and the people(AE) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(AF) and they arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land(AG) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(AH) at Shechem.(AI) At that time the Canaanites(AJ) were in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram(AK) and said, “To your offspring[c] I will give this land.(AL)”(AM) So he built an altar there to the Lord,(AN) who had appeared to him.
8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(AO) and pitched his tent,(AP) with Bethel on the west and Ai(AQ) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(AR)
9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(AS)
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
- Genesis 12:7 Or seed
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