1 The Lord said to Abram:Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.
2 I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.
3 I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.
4-5 Abram was seventy-five years old when the Lord told him to leave the city of Haran. He obeyed and left with his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and slaves they had got while in Haran.When they came to the land of Canaan,