Genesis 11:27-12:20 “ I will bless thee, and make thy name great ”

Genesis 11:27-12:20Genesis 11:27-12:20

““I will bless thee, and make thy I will bless thee, and make thy name greatname great””

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Genesis 11:27-29Genesis 11:27-29 Now these [are] the generations of Now these [are] the generations of

Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

And Haran died before his father Terah And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. Chaldees.

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 11:30Genesis 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no But Sarai was barren; she [had] no

child.child.

Genesis 11:31-32Genesis 11:31-32 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot

the son of Haran his son's son, and the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

And the days of Terah were two And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. died in Haran.

Isaiah 51:2Isaiah 51:2

Look unto Abraham your father, and Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. and increased him.

Genesis 12:1Genesis 12:1

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew house, unto a land that I will shew thee: thee:

Hebrews 11:8-10Hebrews 11:8-10 By faith Abraham, when he was called to By faith Abraham, when he was called to

go out into a place which he should after go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith he sojourned in the land of By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: promise:

For he looked for a city which hath For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God. God.

Genesis 12:2-3Genesis 12:2-3

And I will make of thee a great And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:be a blessing:

And I will bless them that bless thee, And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. be blessed.


By these were the isles of the By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. families, in their nations.

Galatians 3:27-29Galatians 3:27-29 For as many of you as have been For as many of you as have been

baptized into Christ have put on baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. all one in Christ Jesus.

And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. to the promise.


So Abram departed, as the LORD had So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out five years old when he departed out of Haran. of Haran.


And Abram took Sarai his wife, and And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. of Canaan they came.


And Abram passed through the land And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land. [was] then in the land.


And the LORD appeared unto Abram, And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. unto him.

Galatians 3:16Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham and his seed were Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.


And he removed from thence unto a And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. the LORD.

And Abram journeyed, going on still And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. toward the south.

Genesis 12:10Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: And there was a famine in the land:

and Abram went down into Egypt to and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land. grievous in the land.

Amos 8:11-12Amos 8:11-12

Behold, the days come, saith the Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: words of the LORD:

And they shall wander from sea to And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not the word of the LORD, and shall not find [it]. find [it].


And it came to And it came to pass, when he pass, when he was come near to was come near to enter into Egypt, enter into Egypt, that he said unto that he said unto Sarai his wife, Sarai his wife, Behold now, I Behold now, I know that thou know that thou [art] a fair woman [art] a fair woman to look upon:to look upon:


Therefore it shall come to pass, when Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. thee alive.

Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. of thee.


And it came to pass, that, when And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair. she [was] very fair.

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. Pharaoh's house.


And he entreated Abram well for her And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. camels.


And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. of Sarai Abram's wife.

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?that she [was] thy wife?


Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way. take [her], and go thy way.


And Pharaoh commanded [his] men And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he away, and his wife, and all that he had.had.

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Genesis 11:27-12:20 “ I will bless thee, and make thy name great ”