Genesis 12:1

God's Word

The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your land, your relatives, and your father’s home. Go to the land that I will show you.

Cross References

Genesis 15:7

Then the Lord said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land so that you will take possession of it.”

Genesis 20:13

When God had me leave my father’s home and travel around, I said to her, ‘Do me a favor: Wherever we go, say that I’m your brother.’ ”

Genesis 24:38

Instead, go to my father’s home and to my relatives, and get my son a wife.’

Genesis 24:4

Instead, you will go to the land of my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 24:7

“The Lord God of heaven took me from my father’s home and the land of my family. He spoke to me and swore this oath: ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ “God will send his angel ahead of you, and you will get my son a wife from there.

Genesis 26:2

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Don’t go to Egypt. Stay where I tell you.

Nehemiah 9:7

You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and took him from Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

Isaiah 37:12

Did the gods of the nations which my ancestors destroyed rescue Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

Isaiah 41:9

I have taken you from the ends of the earth and called you from its most distant places. I said to you, ‘You are my servant. I’ve chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.’

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham, your ancestor, and to Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless. I blessed him and gave him many descendants.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, those who live in the ruined cities in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, and he was given the land. But we are many. Certainly the land has been given to us.’

Numbers 10:30

Hobab answered, “No, I won’t go. I want to go back to my own country where my relatives are.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord says, “Get away from unbelievers. Separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.”

Hebrews 11:8

Faith led Abraham to obey when God called him to go to a place that he would receive as an inheritance. Abraham left his own country without knowing where he was going.

Revelation 18:4

I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you do not participate in her sins and suffer from any of her plagues.