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Genesis 12:3-5
Good News Translation
Genesis 12:3-5
Good News Translation
3 (A)I will bless those who bless you,
But I will curse those who curse you.
And through you I will bless all the nations.”[a]
4 When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaves they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan,
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- Genesis 12:3 And through … nations; or All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you.
Genesis 12:3-5
New International Version
Genesis 12:3-5
New International Version
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;(A)
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.(B)”[a]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(C) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(D) when he set out from Harran.(E) 5 He took his wife Sarai,(F) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(G) and the people(H) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(I) and they arrived there.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
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