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Genesis 12:1-3
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The Call of Abram

12:1 Now the Lord said [1] to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” [2]

Footnotes

[1] 12:1 Or had said
[2] 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

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