 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.  The Stories of the Old Testament - Page 18by James P. Campbell - 2011 - 352 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | 1921 - 664 pages
...Terah died in Haran. Then Jehovah said to Abraham, 'Go forth from your country, from your relatives and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation; and I will surely bless you and make your name illustrious,... | |
 | Henry A. Sherman, Charles Foster Kent - 1922 - 426 pages
...Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. Jehovah said to Abraham, "Go from your country, your relatives, and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation; and I will surely bless you and make your name famous, so that... | |
 | Helmut Thielicke - 1964 - 326 pages
...in which the idea of homelessness occurs. Here is Abraham, the patriarch of faith. God says to him, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you." God often calls us, once we begin to take him seriously, to leave familiar ties. It may be that our... | |
 | Solomon Simon, Morrison David Bial - 1966 - 224 pages
...of Haran, they and go to the land that I will show you. settled there. And Terah died in Haran. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name ABRAM ARRIVES IN CANAAN great, so that you will be a blessing. NOW THE LORD said to Abram, "Get you... | |
 | 1971 - 564 pages
...Yahwist history balances is found in the call of Abraham and the divine promise made to him: Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great,... | |
 | G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren - 1974 - 510 pages
...formulates his own version of the promise: "Go from your country ... to the land that I will show you, and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you . . . , and by you all the families of the earth shall be blessed (or, shall bless themselves, -* -pa barakh)."... | |
 | G. C. Berkouwer - 1976 - 444 pages
...her call is meaningful, the call which reminds us of the radical calling that went forth to Abraham: "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that l will show you" (Gen. 12:1)? ls there any expectation that such an appeal will be understood as anything... | |
 | Bruce C. Birch, Larry L. Rasmussen - 1978 - 220 pages
...and rebellion. How is shalom to be restored? Gen. 12:1-3 tells of God's call to a particular person: Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country...your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you... | |
 | Halvor Moxnes - 1980 - 346 pages
...12:1-5 that Philo first turns to Gen 15:6. In Migr. 43-44 he comments upon God's command in Gen 12:1: "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you". Philo starts with the observation that the promise is spoken in the future tense and not in the present... | |
 | Sallie Nichols - 1980 - 422 pages
...relying on his animal instinct to see him through. It takes courage and faith to set forth, like Abraham, "from your country and your kindred and your father's house, to the land that I will show you." (Gen. 12 : 1.j Even greater faith and courage is required of our hero who cannot yet hear the voice... | |
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