Genesis 12:1-9 (New International Version)
The Call of Abram
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household1 and go to the land2 I will show you.3 2 "I will make you into a great nation4 and I will bless you;5 I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.6 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;7 and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.8" 4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot9 went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old10 when he set out from Haran.11 5 He took his wife Sarai,12 his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated13 and the people14 they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,15 and they arrived there. 6 Abram traveled through the land16 as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh17 at Shechem.18 At that time the Canaanites19 were in the land. 7 The LORD appeared to Abram20 and said, "To your offspringa I will give this land.21"22 So he built an altar there to the Lord,23 who had appeared to him. 8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel24 and pitched his tent,25 with Bethel on the west and Ai26 on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the Lord.27 9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.28Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version)
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
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Genesis 12:7 - Or "seed"
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Genesis 12:2 - Ge 13:16; 5:5">15:5 ; 17:2,4; 18:18; 22:17; 26:4; 28:3,14; 32:12; 35:11; 41:49; 46:3; 47:27; 48:4,16,19; Ex 1:7; 5:5; 32:13; Dt 1:10; 10:22">10:22 ; 13:17; 26:5; Jos 11:4; 24:3; 2Sa 17:11; 1Ki 3:8; 4:20; 1Ch 27:23; 2Ch 1:9; Ne 9:23; Ps 107:38; Isa 6:13; 10:22">10:22 ; 48:19; 51:2; 54:3; 60:22; Jer 33:22; Mic 4:7
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Genesis 12:2 - Ge 24:1,35; 25:11; 26:3; 28:4; Ex 20:24; Nu 22:12; 23:8,20; 24:9; Ps 67:6; 115:12; Isa 44:3; 61:9; 65:23; Mal 3:12
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Genesis 12:3 - Ge 15:5; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:4,14; Dt 9:5; Ps 72:17; Isa 19:25; Ac 3:25; Gal 3:8*
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Genesis 12:7 - Ge 13:15,17; 15:18; 17:8; 23:18; 24:7; 26:3-4; 28:13; 35:12; 48:4; 50:24; Ex 6:4,8; 13:5,11; 32:13; 33:1; Nu 11:12; Dt 1:8; 2:31; 9:5; 11:9; 34:4; 2Ki 25:21; 1Ch 16:16; 2Ch 20:7; Ps 105:9-11; Jer 25:5; Eze 47:14; Ac 7:5; Ro 4:13; Gal 3:16*
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Genesis 12:8 - Ge 13:3; 28:11,19; 35:1,8,15; Jos 7:2; 8:9; 1Sa 7:16; 1Ki 12:29; Hos 12:4; Am 3:14; 4:4