Genesis 12:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.

Cross References

Genesis 15:7

The LORD said to Abram, “I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land.”

Genesis 20:13

When God made us leave my father's home and start wandering, I told her, “If you really love me, you will tell everyone that I am your brother.”

Genesis 24:38

Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for my son from among my relatives.”

Genesis 24:4

Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives.”

Genesis 24:7

The LORD who rules heaven brought me here from the land where I was born and promised that he would give this land to my descendants for ever. When you go back there, the LORD will send his angel ahead of you to help you find a wife for my son.

Genesis 26:2

because the LORD had appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.

Nehemiah 9:7

You are the LORD our God, the one who chose Abram— you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.

Isaiah 37:12

The Assyrian kings before me destroyed the towns of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and everyone from Eden who lived in Telassar. What good did their gods do them?

Isaiah 41:9

From far across the earth I brought you here and said, “You are my chosen servant. I haven't forgotten you.”

Isaiah 51:2

God chose Abraham and Sarah to be your ancestors. The LORD blessed Abraham, and from that one man came many descendants.

Ezekiel 33:24

Ezekiel, son of man, the people living in the ruined cities of Israel are saying, “Abraham was just one man, and the LORD gave him this whole land of Israel. There are many of us, and so this land must be ours.”

Numbers 10:30

“No, I won't go,” Hobab answered. “I'm returning home to be with my own people.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord also says, “Leave them and stay away! Don't touch anything that isn't clean. Then I will welcome you

Hebrews 11:8

Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven shout, “My people, you must escape from Babylon. Don't take part in her sins and share her punishment.