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Genesis 12:1–2

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The Call of Abram

12The 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.ai

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Footnotes

  1. aOr be seen as blessed

Cross references

  1. dGe 20:13; 24:4, 27, 40
  2. eSee Ge 10:19
  3. fGe 15:7; 26:2; Jos 24:3; Ac 7:3*; Heb 11:8
  4. gGe 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
  5. hGe 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
  6. iGe 22:18; Isa 19:24; Jer 4:2; Hag 2:19; Zec 8:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord said to Abram:

Go from your land,

your relatives,

and your father’s house

to the land that I will show you.

I will make you into a great nation,

I will bless you,

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: