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Genesis 12:3-5
Living Bible
Genesis 12:3-5
Living Bible
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and the entire world will be blessed because of you.”[a]
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went too; Abram was seventy-five years old at that time. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—the cattle and slaves he had gotten in Haran—and finally arrived in Canaan.
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- Genesis 12:3 the entire world will be blessed because of you, or “the nations will bless themselves because of 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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