Chapter summary

Genesis 12 Summary

Genesis 12 records God’s call of Abram to leave his country, with the promise to make him a great nation and bless all peoples through him.

God tells Abram to leave his land and family for a land he will show him, promising blessing, a great name, and that ‘all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’

Abram obeys and journeys to Canaan, building altars to the LORD—the start of God’s covenant plan that runs through the whole Bible.

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Genesis 12:2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.” Genesis 12:1 “Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.”

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