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G enesis 12
GENESIS 12:1-8
God has blessed you
and made your life a blessing . . .
God has chosen you
and called you his own . . .
God has created you
and rejoices in all that you are!
Lord, open my eyes to the true
blessing of being your child. Help
me to live my life in a way that
celebrates being blessed, chosen,
and created by you.
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birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and
daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. 19 After the
birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and
daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. 21 After the
birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and
daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. 23 After the
birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and
daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. 25 After the
birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and
daughters.
26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and
Haran.
The Family of Terah
This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Na
hor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. 28 But Haran died in Ur of
the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
29 Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife
was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister
Iscah were daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.) 30 But Sarai was unable to
become pregnant and had no children.
31 One day Terah took his son Abram, his d
aughter-in-law Sarai (his son
Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away
from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they
stopped at Haran and settled there. 32 Terah lived for 205 years* and died
while still in Haran.
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The Call of Abram
The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your
relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will
show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make
you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless
you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth
will be blessed through you.”
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him.
Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. 5 He took his wife, Sa
rai, his nephew Lot, and all his w
ealth—his livestock and all the people he
had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan, 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as
Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the
area was inhabited by Canaanites.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your
descendants.*” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord,
who had appeared to him. 8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp
in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built
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11:32 Some ancient versions read 145 years; compare 11:26 and 12:4. 12:7 Hebrew seed.
