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Genesis 12:2-4
Good News Translation
Genesis 12:2-4
Good News Translation
2 I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
3 (A)I will bless those who bless you,
But I will curse those who curse you.
And through you I will bless all the nations.”[a]
4 When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him.
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- Genesis 12:3 And through … nations; or All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you.
Genesis 12:2-4
New International Version
Genesis 12:2-4
New International Version
2 “I will make you into a great nation,(A)
and I will bless you;(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](C)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;(D)
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.(E)”[b]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(F) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(G) when he set out from Harran.(H)
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
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