Genesis 12:1

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 15:7

Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”

Genesis 20:13

When God called me to leave my father’s home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.’”

Genesis 24:38

Go instead to my father’s house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.’

Genesis 24:4

Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 24:7

For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.

Genesis 26:2

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.

Nehemiah 9:7

“You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.

Isaiah 37:12

Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!

Isaiah 41:9

I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, ‘You are my servant.’ For I have chosen you and will not throw you away.

Isaiah 51:2

Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation. Abraham was only one man when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, the scattered remnants of Israel living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Numbers 10:30

But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.

Hebrews 11:8

It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, “Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her.