Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
New American Standard Bible
And
And make your name great;
And so
King James Version
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Holman Bible
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
International Standard Version
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.
A Conservative Version
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.
American Standard Version
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;
Amplified
And
And I will bless you [abundantly],
And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
Bible in Basic English
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Darby Translation
And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed.
King James 2000
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.
Modern King James verseion
And I will make you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.
NET Bible
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
New Heart English Bible
And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you will be a blessing.
The Emphasized Bible
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Webster
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
World English Bible
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
Themes
Blessings » Pronounced upon persons by the lord
Blessings » Who all nations are blessed in
Call » To special religious duty » Of abraham
Canaan » Land of » Promised to abraham and his seed
the Canaanites » Abraham » Called to dwell amongst
Communion » Instances of » Abraham
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
Covenant » Instances of » Abraham
Faith » Trial of » Abraham, when commanded to leave his native land and to go where he did not know
Faith » Instances of » Abraham, in forsaking the land of his nativity at the command of God
Haran » Also called charran » Abraham leaves, by divine command
Jews, the » Promises respecting made to » Abraham
Jews, the » Their national greatness
Nations » Who all nations are blessed in
Obedience » Instances of » Abraham
Obedience to God » Exemplified
Promotion » Instances of » Abraham
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Abraham
Topics
Interlinear
Shem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Abram
1 And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. 2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. 3 And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
Cross References
Genesis 18:18
and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
Genesis 24:35
and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;
Genesis 46:3
And He saith, 'I am God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there;
Deuteronomy 26:5
And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean is my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;
Galatians 3:14
that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.
Genesis 15:5
and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'
Genesis 17:4-6
I -- lo, My covenant is with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;
Genesis 22:17-18
that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which is on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 13:16
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
Genesis 14:14-16
And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.
Genesis 19:29
And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 26:4
and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;
Genesis 27:29
peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee are cursed, and those who bless thee are blessed.'
Genesis 28:3-4
and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;
Genesis 28:14
and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.
Genesis 35:11
And God saith to him, 'I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;
Exodus 1:7
and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
Exodus 32:10
and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'
Numbers 14:12
I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'
Numbers 24:9-10
He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee is blessed, And he who is cursing thee is cursed.'
2 Samuel 7:9
and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who are in the earth,
1 Kings 1:47
and also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God doth make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and his throne greater than thy throne; and the king boweth himself on the bed,
1 Kings 3:8-9
and Thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,
Micah 7:20
Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
Romans 4:11
and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
Galatians 3:7
know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,