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Genesis 12:2-5
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 12:2-5
Contemporary English Version
2 I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others. 3 (A) I will bless those who bless you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.[a]
4-5 Abram was 75 years old when the Lord told him to leave the city of Haran. He obeyed and left with his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and slaves they had acquired while in Haran.
When they came to the land of Canaan,
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- 12.3 Everyone … you: Or “Everyone on earth will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you.”
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