God Promises Blessing to Abraham
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For this promise in its narrative context, see Abraham’s Call.
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.
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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