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Genesis 12:1-4

1Now Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068had saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Abramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87,Get thee outH3212of thy countryמֵאַרְצְךָ֥me.'ar.tze.KhaH776,and from thy kindredוּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖u.mi.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138,and from thy father’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1houseוּמִבֵּ֣יתu.mi.BeitH1004,unto a landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776that I will shewאַרְאֶֽךָּ׃'ar.'E.kaH7200thee:

2And I will make of theeוְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ve.'e.'es.KhaH6213a greatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419nationלְג֣וֹיle.GoyH1471,and I will blessוַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔va.'a.Va.rekh.khaH1288thee, and makeוַאֲגַדְּלָ֖הva.'a.ga.de.LahH1431thy nameשְׁמֶ֑ךָshe.Me.khaH8034greatH1431;and thou shalt be a blessingבְּרָכָֽה׃be.ra.KhahH1293:

3And I will blessוַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙va.'a.va.ra.KhahH1288them that blessמְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָme.Va.re.Khei.khaH1288thee, and curseאָאֹ֑ר'a.'OrH779him that cursethוּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖u.me.ka.lel.ChaH7043thee: and in thee shall all familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹ֥תmish.pe.ChotH4940of the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.MahH127be blessedוְנִבְרְכ֣וּve.niv.re.KhuH1288.

4So Abramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87departedH3212,as Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068had spokenדִּבֶּ֤רdi.BerH1696unto him; and Lotל֑וֹטLotH3876wentH3212with him: and Abramוְאַבְרָ֗םve.'av.RamH87wasseventyשָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםsha.Nim ve.shiv.'ImH8141 H7657and fiveחָמֵ֤שׁcha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when he departedבְּצֵאת֖וֹbe.tze.ToH3318out of Haranמֵחָרָֽן׃me.cha.RanH2771.

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