Genesis 12:1–3

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s householdd to the lande I will show you.f

2 “I will make you into a great nation,g

and I will bless you;h

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.a i

3 I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;j

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.k”b

d	Ge 20:13; 24:4, 27, 40
e	See Ge 10:19
f	Ge 15:7; 26:2; Jos 24:3; Ac 7:3*; Heb 11:8
g	Ge 13:16; 15:5; 17:2, 4; 18:18; 22:17; 26:4; 28:3, 14; 32:12; 35:11; 41:49; 46:3; 47:27; 48:4, 16, 19; Ex 1:7; 5:5; 32:13; Dt 1:10; 10:22; 13:17; 26:5; Jos 11:4; 24:3; 2 Sa 17:11; 1 Ki 3:8; 4:20; 1 Ch 27:23; 2 Ch 1:9; Ne 9:23; Ps 107:38; Isa 6:13; 10:22; 48:19; 51:2; 54:3; 60:22; Jer 33:22; Mic 4:7
h	Ge 24:1, 35; 25:11; 26:3; 28:4; Ex 20:24; Nu 22:12; 23:8, 20; 24:9; Ps 67:6; 115:12; Isa 44:3; 61:9; 65:23; Mal 3:12
a	Or be seen as blessed
i	Ge 22:18; Isa 19:24; Jer 4:2; Hag 2:19; Zec 8:13
j	Ge 27:29; Ex 23:22; Nu 24:9; Dt 30:7
k	Ge 15:5; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:4, 14; Dt 9:5; Ps 72:17; Isa 19:25; Ac 3:25; Gal 3:8*
b	Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)