Genesis 12:1-9 — King James

Read Genesis 12:1-9 (King James) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 12.1-9, Genesis 12v1-9, Gen. 12:1-9. 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 o…

1 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:

2 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:

3 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.

5 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.

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

7 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.

8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el 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.

Passage themes

God's call — Now the LORD had said unto Abram
Leaving all to obey — Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house
The promise to Abraham — I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great
Blessed for others — thou shalt be a blessing
Blessing or cursing Abraham — I will bless them that bless thee
A universal promise — in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed
Lot the nephew — and Lot went with him
Leaving by faith — Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran
A large household — all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten
Leaving Haran — in Haran
Arriving in Canaan — into the land of Canaan they came
Abram's journey — Abram passed through the land
Shechem, place of memory — unto the place of Sichem
The site of Moreh — unto the plain of Moreh
A land already inhabited — the Canaanite was then in the land
When God appears — the LORD appeared unto Abram
The promise of the land — Unto thy seed will I give this land
The altar of worship — there builded he an altar unto the LORD
Bethel and its history — having Beth-el on the west
Ai, city of the conquest — and Hai on the east
A stranger in the promised land — pitched his tent
The altar of the patriarchs — there he builded an altar unto the LORD
Calling on the name — called upon the name of the LORD

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