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Genesis 12

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  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:43 cross-references: Hebrews 11:8, Nehemiah 9:7, Acts 7:2–6, Isaiah 51:2, Joshua 24:2–3
  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:94 cross-references: 2 Samuel 7:9, Galatians 3:14, Genesis 18:18, Genesis 17:4–6, Genesis 28:3–4
  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.53 cross-references: Galatians 3:8, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 27:29, Numbers 24:9, Genesis 26:4
  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.16 cross-references: Hebrews 11:8, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:27
  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.16 cross-references: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 11:31, Acts 7:4, Hebrews 11:8–9, Genesis 10:19
  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.27 cross-references: Deuteronomy 11:30, Hebrews 11:9, Genesis 35:4, Genesis 15:18–21, Genesis 10:18–19
  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.77 cross-references: Galatians 3:16, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 13:15
  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.36 cross-references: Genesis 4:26, Nehemiah 11:31, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 13:4, 1 Corinthians 1:2
  9. 9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.9 cross-references: Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 24:62, Hebrews 11:13–14, Psalms 105:13
  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.30 cross-references: Genesis 43:1, Genesis 26:1–3, Psalms 105:13, Jeremiah 14:1, Genesis 47:13
  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:14 cross-references: Genesis 26:7, Proverbs 21:30, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6–7
  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.12 cross-references: Genesis 20:11, Genesis 26:7, Proverbs 29:25, Matthew 10:28, 1 John 1:8–10
  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.21 cross-references: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 20:12–13, Genesis 20:5, Isaiah 57:11
  14. 14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.10 cross-references: Genesis 3:6, Matthew 5:28, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 39:7
  15. 15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.18 cross-references: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 41:1, Psalms 105:4, 2 Kings 18:21, Esther 2:2–16
  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 cross-references: Genesis 20:14, Genesis 13:2, Job 42:12, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 32:13–15
  17. 17And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.10 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 16:21, Genesis 20:18, Psalms 105:14–15, 1 Chronicles 21:22, Job 34:19
  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?17 cross-references: Genesis 20:9–10, Genesis 26:9–11, Proverbs 21:1, 1 Samuel 14:43, Genesis 4:10
  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.5 cross-references: Psalms 105:14–15, Proverbs 21:1, 1 Samuel 29:6–11, Exodus 18:27

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People in Genesis 12

Abraham, God, Pharaoh, Sarah, Lot, Pharaoh

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Egypt, Haran, Canaan, Shechem, Moreh, Bethel, Ai, Negeb

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