Genesis 12

Abram’s Call

The LORD said to Abram, “Leave your land, your relatives, and your father's household. Go to the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation and bless you. I will make your name great. Be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and curse whoever treats you with contempt. Through you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Abram went as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five when he left Haran.

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