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Genesis 11:27-12:9
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 11:27-12:9
New American Standard Bible
27 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and (A)Haran fathered (B)Lot. 28 Haran died [a]during the lifetime of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in (C)Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and (D)Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was (E)Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was (F)Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah [b]and Iscah. 30 (G)Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.
31 Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they departed [c]together from (H)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and [d]settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.
Abram Journeys to Egypt
12 Now (I)the Lord said to Abram,
“Go from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
2 And (J)I will make you into a great nation,
And (K)I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And you shall (L)be a blessing;
3 And (M)I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [e]curses you I will [f]curse.
(N)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and (O)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their (P)possessions which they had accumulated, and (Q)the [g]people which they had acquired in Haran, and they [h]set out for the land of Canaan; (R)so they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of (S)Shechem, to the [i]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. 7 And the Lord (T)appeared to Abram and said, “(U)To your [j]descendants I will give this land.” So he built (V)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with (W)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and (X)called upon the name of the Lord. 9 Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward (Y)the [k]Negev.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:28 Lit before the face of
- Genesis 11:29 Lit and the father of
- Genesis 11:31 Lit with them
- Genesis 11:31 Lit dwelt
- Genesis 12:3 Or reviles
- Genesis 12:3 Or bind under a curse
- Genesis 12:5 Lit souls
- Genesis 12:5 Lit went forth to go to
- Genesis 12:6 Or terebinth
- Genesis 12:7 Lit seed
- Genesis 12:9 I.e., South country
Genesis 11:27-12:9
New International Version
Genesis 11:27-12:9
New International Version
Abram’s Family
27 This is the account(A) of Terah’s family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor(B) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.(C) 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(D) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(E) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(F) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(G) 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.(H)
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(I) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(J) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(K) to go to Canaan.(L) But when they came to Harran,(M) they settled there.
32 Terah(N) 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(O) to the land(P) I will show you.(Q)
2 “I will make you into a great nation,(R)
and I will bless you;(S)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](T)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;(U)
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.(V)”[b]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(W) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(X) when he set out from Harran.(Y) 5 He took his wife Sarai,(Z) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(AA) and the people(AB) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(AC) and they arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land(AD) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(AE) at Shechem.(AF) At that time the Canaanites(AG) were in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram(AH) and said, “To your offspring[c] I will give this land.(AI)”(AJ) So he built an altar there to the Lord,(AK) who had appeared to him.
8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(AL) and pitched his tent,(AM) with Bethel on the west and Ai(AN) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(AO)
9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(AP)
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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