Genesis 12:1-3
The Call of Abram
1Now athe Lord said ▼▼Or had said
to Abram, “Go from your country ▼▼Or land
and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 dAnd 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 eI will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and fin you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” ▼▼Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 22:16-18
16and said, h“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring ias the stars of heaven and jas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess kthe gate of his ▼▼Or their
enemies, 18and min your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, nbecause you have obeyed my voice.”
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