Genesis 12:1-4

The Call of Abram

1 Now the a LORD had said to Abram:
Get b out of your country,
From your family
And from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 c I will make you a great nation;
d I will bless you
And make your name great;
e And you shall be a blessing.
3 f I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in g you all the families of the earth shall be h blessed."

4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 15:7
    Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.
    Acts 7:2
    And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran.
    Acts 7:3
    "and said to him, 'Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.'
    Hebrews 11:8
    By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 13:9
    " Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left."
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 17:4 - 6
    As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
    Genesis 18:18
    Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
    Genesis 46:3
    So He said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
    Deuteronomy 26:5
    And you shall answer and say before the LORD your God: 'My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
    1 Kings 3:8
    And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
    Genesis 24:35
    The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 28:4
    And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham.
    Zechariah 8:13
    And it shall come to pass That just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, Let your hands be strong.
    Galatians 3:14
    That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 24:35
    The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
    Genesis 27:29
    Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!
    Exodus 23:22
    But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
    Numbers 24:9
    'He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?' "Blessed is he who blesses you, And cursed is he who curses you."
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 18:18
    Since Abraham shall surely become a great and m...
    Genesis 22:18
    "In your seed all the nations of the earth shal...
    Genesis 26:4
    And I will make your descendants multiply as th...
    Genesis 28:14
    Also your descendants shall be as the dust of t...
    Psalms 72:17
    His name shall endure forever; His name shall c...
    Matthew 1:1
    The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the ...
    Luke 3:34
    The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of ...
    Acts 3:25
    "You are sons of the prophets, and of the coven...
    Galatians 3:8
    And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would ju...
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 41:27
    The first time I said to Zion, 'Look, there they are!' And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.
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