God Promises Blessing to Abraham

Genesis 12:1–3

Biblical Period

1The Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.

2I will make of you a great nation,
And I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
And you shall be a blessing.a
3I will bless those who bless you
And curse him that curses you;
And all the families of the earth
Shall bless themselves by you.”

Notes

I.e., a standard by which blessing is invoked; cf. v. 3 end.

Credits

Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.

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