Genesis 12:1

New International Reader's Version

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s family. Go to the land I will show you.

Cross References

Genesis 15:7

He also said to Abram, “I am the Lord. I brought you out of Ur in the land of Babylon. I will give you this land to have as your very own.”

Genesis 20:13

God had me wander away from my father’s house. So I said to her, ‘Here is how you can show your love to me. Everywhere we go, say about me, “He’s my brother.” ’ ”

Genesis 24:38

Instead, go to my father’s family and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son there.’

Genesis 24:4

Instead, promise me that you will go to my country and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son Isaac from there.”

Genesis 24:7

“The Lord, the God of heaven, took me away from my father’s family. He brought me out of my own land. He made me a promise. He said, ‘I will give this land to your family after you.’ The Lord will send his angel ahead of you. So you will be able to get a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 26:2

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land where I tell you to live.

Nehemiah 9:7

“You are the Lord God. You chose Abram. You brought him out of Ur in the land of Babylon. You named him Abraham.

Isaiah 37:12

The kings who ruled before me destroyed many nations. Did the gods of those nations save them? Did the gods of Gozan, Harran or Rezeph save them? What about the gods of the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

Isaiah 41:9

I gathered you from one end of the earth to the other. From the farthest places on earth I brought you together. I said, ‘You are my servants.’ I have chosen you. I have not turned my back on you.

Isaiah 51:2

Consider Abraham. He is the father of your people. Think about Sarah. She is your mother. When I chose Abraham, he did not have any children. But I blessed him and gave him many of them.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, here is what the people living in Israel’s broken-down buildings are saying. ‘Abraham was only one man. But he owned the land. We are many people. The land must certainly belong to us.’

Numbers 10:30

Hobab answered, “No. I can’t go. I’m going back to my own land. I’m returning to my own people.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

Hebrews 11:8

Abraham had faith. So he obeyed God. God called him to go to a place he would later receive as his own. So he went. He did it even though he didn’t know where he was going.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven. It said, “ ‘Come out of her, my people.’ (Jeremiah 51:45) Then you will not take part in her sins. You will not suffer from any of her plagues.