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And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others].

And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and [a]curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves].(A)

So Abram departed, as the Lord had directed him; and Lot [his nephew] went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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  1. Genesis 12:3 To look with disfavor on the Jews was to invite God’s displeasure; to treat the Jews offensively was to incur His wrath. But to befriend the Jews was to bring down upon one’s head the rewards of a promise that could not be broken.

“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)
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]

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)

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  1. Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

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.

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.

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(A)I will make you a great nation;
(B)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(C)And you shall be a blessing.
(D)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (E)you all the families of the earth shall be (F)blessed.”

So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

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