The Call of Abram

12 The Lord said to Abram:

Go from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.(A)

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The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household(A) to the land(B) I will show you.(C)

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He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”(A)

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He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed

10 The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.(A)

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10 The Lord your God has increased(A) your numbers(B) so that today you are as numerous(C) as the stars in the sky.(D)

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22 Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham(A) says this about the house of Jacob:

Jacob will no longer be ashamed,
and his face will no longer be pale.

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22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed(A) Abraham,(B) says to the descendants of Jacob:

“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;(C)
    no longer will their faces grow pale.(D)

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But you, Israel, my servant,(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,(B)
descendant of Abraham, my friend(C)

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“But you, Israel, my servant,(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,(B)
    you descendants of Abraham(C) my friend,(D)

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16 Yet you are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father;
your name is Our Redeemer(A)
from Ancient Times.

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16 But you are our Father,(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer(C) from of old is your name.

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24 “Son of man, those who live in the[a] ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person,(A) yet he received possession of the land.(B) But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 33:24 Lit these

24 “Son of man, the people living in those ruins(A) in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many;(B) surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’(C)

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