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Genesis 12

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Genesis 12 . 1

1 Then the LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you.IPActs 7:2-53 · Acts 7:3 · Genesis 9:26-27 · Hebrews 11:8 · Matthew 1:1CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:1TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · Tower of Babel (Division Reversed) · Seth (Appointed Seed) · Abraham (Father of Faith) · Garden Commission (Extending Sacred Space) · Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest)ATNThe Abrahamic Blessing

Genesis 12 . 2

2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.IPGenesis 1:28 · Romans 4:13CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:2TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · Tower of Babel (Division Reversed) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)ATNThe Abrahamic Blessing

Genesis 12 . 3

3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."IPNumbers 24:9 · Psalms 72:17 · Genesis 1:28 · Genesis 3:15 · Galatians 3:14 · Revelation 7:9 · Genesis 18:18 · Genesis 22:18 · Genesis 26:4 · Genesis 28:14CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:3TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · Tower of Babel (Division Reversed) · Abraham (Father of Faith) · Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) · Last Days Eschatology · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)ATNThe Abrahamic Blessing

Genesis 12 . 4

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.IPNehemiah 9:7-8CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:4TTAbraham (Father of Faith) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 12 . 5

5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:5

Genesis 12 . 6

6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.IPActs 7:2CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:6

Genesis 12 . 7

7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.IPActs 7:2CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:7TTSeed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)LTSeed and Offspring · Land and Inheritance

Genesis 12 . 8

8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:8

Genesis 12 . 9

9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:9

Genesis 12 . 10

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.IPDeuteronomy 26:5-10CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:10TTPromised Land (Inheritance and Rest) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 12 . 11

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:11

Genesis 12 . 12

12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:12

Genesis 12 . 13

13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared."CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:13

Genesis 12 . 14

14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:14

Genesis 12 . 15

15 When Pharaoh's officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:15

Genesis 12 . 16

16 He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:16

Genesis 12 . 17

17 The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.CGenesis 12:1-17TOSKGenesis 12:17

Genesis 12 . 18

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?TOSKGenesis 12:18

Genesis 12 . 19

19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"TOSKGenesis 12:19

Genesis 12 . 20

20 Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.TOSKGenesis 12:20

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations Acts 7:3 → Genesis 12:1, Numbers 24:9 → Genesis 12:3

Allusions Matthew 1:1 → Genesis 12:1-3, Acts 7:2 → Genesis 12:7, Acts 7:2-53 → Genesis 12:1, Romans 4:13 → Genesis 12:2-3, Galatians 3:14 → Genesis 12:3, Hebrews 11:8 → Genesis 12:1, Genesis 18:18 → Genesis 12:3, Genesis 22:18 → Genesis 12:3, Genesis 26:4 → Genesis 12:3, Genesis 28:14 → Genesis 12:3, Deuteronomy 26:5-10 → Genesis 12:10, Nehemiah 9:7-8 → Genesis 12:4, Psalms 72:17 → Genesis 12:3

Echoes Revelation 7:9 → Genesis 12:3, Genesis 12:1-3 → Genesis 9:26-27, Genesis 12:2-3 → Genesis 1:28, Genesis 12:3 → Genesis 3:15

Trajectories

Abraham (Father of Faith), Garden Commission (Extending Sacred Space), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Last Days Eschatology, Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Seth (Appointed Seed), Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH), These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy), Tower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Longitudinal Themes

Land and Inheritance, Seed and Offspring

Anchor Text Networks

Networked Genesis 12.1-3 - The Abrahamic Blessing

Chiasms

Shaped Genesis 12:1–17