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Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father'shouse, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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And I will make of thee a greatnation, and I will bless thee, and make thy namegreat; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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So Abramdeparted, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lotwent with him: and Abram was seventyandfiveyearsold when he departed out of Haran.
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And AbramtookSarai his wife, and Lot his brother'sson, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
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And the LORDappeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I givethisland: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
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And Abramjourneyed, going onstill toward the south.