Genesis 12:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country and your people. Leave your father’s family and go to the country that I will show you.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:8

God called Abraham to travel to another place that he promised to give him. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But he obeyed God and started traveling because he had faith.

Nehemiah 9:7

You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram. You led him from Ur in Babylonia. You changed his name to Abraham.

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham is your father, so look at him. Look at Sarah, who gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family with many descendants.”

Genesis 15:7

He said to Abram, “I am the Lord who led you from Ur of Babylonia. I did this so that I could give you this land. You will own this land.”

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, there are Israelites who live in the ruined cities in Israel. They are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, and God gave him all this land. Now, we are many people, so surely this land belongs to us! It is our land!’

2 Corinthians 6:17

“So come away from those people and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch anything that is not clean, and I will accept you.” Isaiah 52:11

Isaiah 41:9

You were in a faraway country, but I reached out to you. I called you from that faraway place. I said, ‘You are my servant.’ I chose you, and I have not rejected you.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say, “Come out of that city, my people, so that you will not share in her sins. Then you will not suffer any of the terrible punishment she will get.

Genesis 20:13

God led me away from my father’s house. He led me to wander to many different places. When that happened, I told Sarah, ‘Do something for me. Wherever we go, tell people you are my sister.’”

Genesis 24:4

Go back to my country, to my own people, to find a wife for my son Isaac. Bring her here to him.”

Genesis 26:2

The Lord spoke to Isaac and said, “Don’t go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I commanded you to live in.

Isaiah 37:12

Did the gods of those people save them? No, my ancestors destroyed them all. They destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden living in Tel Assar.

Genesis 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from my homeland to this place. That place was the home of my father and the home of my family, but he promised that this new land would belong to my family. May he send his angel before you so that you can choose a wife for my son.

Genesis 24:38

So you must promise to go to my father’s country. Go to my family and choose a wife for my son.’

Numbers 10:30

But Hobab answered, “No, I will not go with you. I will go back to my homeland and to my own people.”