Genesis 12:1-7

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Abram Journeys to Egypt

12 Now ^(A)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;
²And ^(B)I will make you into a great nation,
And ^(C)I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And you shall ^(D)be a blessing;
³And ^(E)I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who ^[a]curses you I will ^[b]curse.
^(F)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

⁴So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and ^(G)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. ⁵Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their ^(H)possessions which they had accumulated, and ^(I)the ^[c]people which they had acquired in Haran, and they ^[d]set out for the land of Canaan; ^(J)so they came to the land of Canaan. ⁶Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^(K)Shechem, to the ^[e]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. ⁷And the Lord ^(L)appeared to Abram and said, “^(M)To your ^[f]descendants I will give this land.” So he built ^(N)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

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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 15:1-6

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Abram Promised a Son

15 After these things ^(A)the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“^(B)Do not fear, Abram,
I am ^(C)a shield to you;
^[a]Your ^(D)reward shall be very great.”

²But Abram said, “Lord ^[b]God, what will You give me, since I ^[c]am childless, and the ^[d]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³Abram also said, “^[e]Since You have given me no ^[f]son, ^[g]one who has been ^(E)born in my house is my heir.” ⁴Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; ^(F)but one who will come from your own ^[h]body shall be your heir.” ⁵And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and ^(G)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “^(H)So shall your ^[i]descendants be.” ⁶^(I)Then he believed in the Lord; and He ^[j]credited it to him as righteousness.

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Genesis 15:1 Or Your very great reward
Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Genesis 15:2 Lit go
Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition
Genesis 15:3 Lit Behold
Genesis 15:3 Lit seed
Genesis 15:3 Lit then behold, a son of my
Genesis 15:4 Lit inward parts
Genesis 15:5 Lit seed
Genesis 15:6 Or imputed

Genesis 17:1-9

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Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, ^(A)the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,

“I am ^[a]God ^(B)Almighty;
Walk before Me, and be ^[b]^(C)blameless.
²I will ^[c]make My ^(D)covenant between Me and you,
And I will ^(E)multiply you exceedingly.”

³Abram ^(F)fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

⁴“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a ^(G)multitude of nations.
⁵No longer shall you be named ^[d]Abram,
But ^(H)your name shall be ^[e]Abraham;
For ^(I)I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and ^(J)kings will come from you. ⁷I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your ^[f]descendants after you throughout their generations as an ^(K)everlasting covenant, ^(L)to be God to you and ^(M)to your ^[g]descendants after you. ⁸And ^(N)I will give to you and to your ^[h]descendants after you the land where you live as a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and ^(O)I will be their God.”