Bible: Genesis 12:1-3; 26:3-5

The Obedience of Abram

12:1 Now the Lord said 1  to Abram, 2 

“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.”

26:3 Stay 1  in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, 2  for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, 3  and I will fulfill 4  the solemn promise I made 5  to your father Abraham. 26:4 I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them 6  all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants. 7  26:5 All this will come to pass 8  because Abraham obeyed me 9  and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” 10 
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