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12 God had told Abram, “Leave your own country behind you, and your own people, and go to the land I will guide you to. 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] I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and the entire world will be blessed because of you.”[b]

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  1. 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.”
  2. Genesis 12:3 the entire world will be blessed because of you, or “the nations will bless themselves because of you.”

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