Genesis 12:3-5
Living Bible
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and the entire world will be blessed because of you.”[a]
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went too; Abram was seventy-five years old at that time. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—the cattle and slaves he had gotten in Haran—and finally arrived in Canaan.
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- Genesis 12:3 the entire world will be blessed because of you, or “the nations will bless themselves because of you.”
Genesis 12:3-5
King James Version
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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Genesis 12:3-5
English Standard Version
3 (A)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and (B)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from (C)Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
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- Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
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