And I will make of thee a great nation, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a [a]blessing.

I will also bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

So Abram departed, even as the Lord spake unto him, and Lot went with him, (and Abram was seventy and five years old, when he departed out of Haran)

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  1. Genesis 12:2 The world shall recover by thy seed, which is Christ, the blessing which they lost in Adam.

“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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  1. Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)