Genesis 12

summary
God commands Abram to leave his family and home, and promises to bless him and even others through Abram. In obedience and faith Abram departs for Canaan where God promises to deliver that land to Abram descendants even though Abram is childless.

key verses
12:1-3 “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

related verses
Heb. 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.