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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 2

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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:
King James Version
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:
American Standard Version
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing:
New English Translation
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
World English Bible
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.
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And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
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And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.
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And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.