Verse 3
Genesis 12:3
Bible in Basic English
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To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲבָֽרֲכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔י/ךָ וּ/מְקַלֶּלְ/ךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר וְ/נִבְרְכ֣וּ בְ/ךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָ/אֲדָמָֽה
English Translation
And I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed in you.
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Chapter 12 Context
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Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's hou...
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And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a bl...
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To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse:...
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So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old w...
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And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants whi...
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And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, th...
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And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an alt...
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And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el...
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And he went on, journeying still to the South.
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And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
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Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautifu...
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And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will...
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Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will b...
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And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she...
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And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken...
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And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and...
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And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
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Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was yo...
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Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go...
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And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
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