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I will make you a great nation,
I will bless you.
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you, I will curse.
        Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

The Lord’s Second Promise to Abram

So Abram left, as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

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“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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Footnotes

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