Genesis 12:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 I will make you into a great nation,(A)
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,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,(D)
and all the peoples[b] on earth
will be blessed[c] through you.[d](E)
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.(F)
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- Genesis 12:2 Or great. Be a blessing!
- Genesis 12:3 Lit clans
- Genesis 12:3 Or will find blessing
- Genesis 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you
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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