Genesis 12:2-4
Living Bible
2 If you do, I will cause you to become the father of a great nation; I will bless you and make your name famous, and you will be a blessing to many others.[a] 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and the entire world will be blessed because of you.”[b]
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went too; Abram was seventy-five years old at that time.
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- Genesis 12:2 you will be a blessing to many others, or “I will make your name so famous that it will be used to pronounce blessings on others.”
- Genesis 12:3 the entire world will be blessed because of you, or “the nations will bless themselves because of 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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