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Genesis 12:2

“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:”

Genesis 12:2, King James Version (KJV)

“I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.”

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Genesis 12 (KJV)

  1. 1Now 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. 2And 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. 3And 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. 4So 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. 5And 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. 6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
  7. 7And 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. 8And 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.
  9. 9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
  10. 10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
  11. 11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
  12. 12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
  13. 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
  14. 14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
  15. 15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
  16. 16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
  17. 17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
  18. 18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
  19. 19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
  20. 20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Genesis 12:2, in the King James Version.

  • 2 Samuel 7:9

    And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • Galatians 3:14

    That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Genesis 18:18

    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Genesis 17:4–6

    As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. …

  • Genesis 28:3–4

    And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …

  • Genesis 35:11

    And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

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