Bible: Genesis 12:1-3; 17:6,16, 19
The Obedience of Abram
12:1 Now the
“Go out 3 from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household
to the land that I will show you. 4
12:2 Then I will make you 5 into a great nation, and I will bless you, 6
and I will make your name great, 7
so that you will exemplify divine blessing. 8
12:3 I will bless those who bless you, 9
but the one who treats you lightly 10 I must curse,
and all the families of the earth will bless one another 11 by your name.”
17:6 I will make you 1 extremely 2 fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. 3 17:16 I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. 4 Kings of countries 5 will come from her!”
17:19 God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. 6 I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual 7 covenant for his descendants after him.
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