I will make you into a great nation,(A)
I will bless you,(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.(C)
I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,(D)
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed[a] through you.[b](E)

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.(F)

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  1. 12:3 Or will find blessing
  2. 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you

“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)