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1 Now the LORD <03068> had said <0559> (8799) unto Abram <087>, Get thee out <03212> (8798) of thy country <0776>, and from thy kindred <04138>, and from thy father#s <01> house <01004>, unto a land <0776> that I will shew <07200> (8686) thee:
2 And I will make of thee <06213> (8799) a great <01419> nation <01471>, and I will bless <01288> (8762) thee, and make <01431> <00> thy name <08034> great <01431> (8762); and thou shalt be a blessing <01293>:
Three promises God made to Abram
1. I will make you a great nation
2. I will make your name great
3. You will become a blessing
1. I will make you a great nation
2. I will make your name great
3. You will become a blessing
3 And I will bless <01288> (8762) them that bless <01288> (8764) thee, and curse <0779> (8799) him that curseth <07043> (8764) thee: and in thee shall all families <04940> of the earth <0127> be blessed <01288> (8738).
Abraham’s blessing would extend to believers and unbelievers.
His blessing would affect all families
God also promised he would affect everyone that he meets. Those who opposed him would be cursed and those who supported him would become a partaker of his blessing.
His blessing would affect all families
God also promised he would affect everyone that he meets. Those who opposed him would be cursed and those who supported him would become a partaker of his blessing.
4 So Abram <087> departed <03212> (8799), as the LORD <03068> had spoken <01696> (8765) unto him; and Lot <03876> went <03212> (8799) with him: and Abram <087> was seventy <07657> <08141> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when he departed <03318> (8800) out of Haran <02771>.
5 And Abram <087> took <03947> (8799) Sarai <08297> his wife <0802>, and Lot <03876> his brother#s <0251> son <01121>, and all their substance <07399> that they had gathered <07408> (8804), and the souls <05315> that they had gotten <06213> (8804) in Haran <02771>; and they went forth <03318> (8799) to go <03212> (8800) into the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>; and into the land <0776> of Canaan <03667> they came <0935> (8799).
6 And Abram <087> passed through <05674> (8799) the land <0776> unto the place <04725> of Sichem <07927> , unto the plain <0436> of Moreh <04176>. And the Canaanite <03669> was then <0227> in the land <0776>.
7 And the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8735) unto Abram <087>, and said <0559> (8799), Unto thy seed <02233> will I give <05414> (8799) this <02063> land <0776>: and there builded <01129> (8799) he an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>, who appeared <07200> (8737) unto him.
8 And he removed <06275> (8686) from thence unto a mountain <02022> on the east <06924> of Bethel <01008>, and pitched <05186> (8799) his tent <0168>, having Bethel <01008> on the west <03220>, and Hai <05857> on the east <06924> : and there he builded <01129> (8799) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>, and called <07121> (8799) upon the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>.
9 And Abram <087> journeyed <05265> (8799), going on <01980> (8800) still <05265> (8800) toward the south <05045>.
10 And there was a famine <07458> in the land <0776>: and Abram <087> went down <03381> (8799) into Egypt <04714> to sojourn <01481> (8800) there; for the famine <07458> was grievous <03515> in the land <0776>.
11 And it came to pass, when <0834> he was come near <07126> (8689) to enter <0935> (8800) into Egypt <04714> , that he said <0559> (8799) unto Sarai <08297> his wife <0802>, Behold <02009> now <04994>, I know <03045> (8804) that thou art a fair <03303> woman <0802> to look upon <04758>:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians <04713> shall see <07200> (8799) thee, that they shall say <0559> (8804), This is his wife <0802>: and they will kill <02026> (8804) me, but they will save thee alive <02421> (8762).
13 Say <0559> (8798), I pray thee <04994>, thou art my sister <0269>: that <04616> it may be well <03190> (8799) with me for thy sake; and my soul <05315> shall live <02421> (8804) because of thee <01558>.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram <087> was come <0935> (8800) into Egypt <04714>, the Egyptians <04713> beheld <07200> (8799) the woman <0802> that she was very <03966> fair <03303>.
15 The princes <08269> also of Pharaoh <06547> saw <07200> (8799) her, and commended <01984> (8762) her before <0413> Pharaoh <06547>: and the woman <0802> was taken <03947> (8714) into Pharaoh#s <06547> house <01004> .
16 And he entreated <03190> <00> Abram <087> well <03190> (8689) for her sake: and he had sheep <06629> , and oxen <01241>, and he asses <02543>, and menservants <05650>, and maidservants <08198>, and she asses <0860>, and camels <01581> .
17 And the LORD <03068> plagued <05060> (8762) Pharaoh <06547> and his house <01004> with great <01419> plagues <05061> because of <01697> Sarai <08297> Abram#s <087> wife <0802>.
18 And Pharaoh <06547> called <07121> (8799) Abram <087>, and said <0559> (8799), What is this that thou hast done <06213> (8804) unto me? why didst thou not tell <05046> (8689) me that she was thy wife <0802>?
19 Why saidst thou <0559> (8804), She is my sister <0269>? so I might have taken <03947> (8799) her to me to wife <0802>: now therefore behold thy wife <0802>, take <03947> (8798) her, and go thy way <03212> (8798).
20 And Pharaoh <06547> commanded <06680> (8762) his men <0582> concerning him: and they sent him away <07971> (8762), and his wife <0802>, and all that he had.