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I will make youוְאֶעֶשְׂךָinto a greatלְ גָּדוֹלnation,גוֹיI will bless you,וַאֲבָרֶכְךָand I will make greatוַאֲגַדְּלָהyour name;שְׁמֶךָand beוֶהְיֵהa blessing.בְּרָכָה
Genesis 12:2
Study it in the app“I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make great your name; and be a blessing.”
God calls Abram and promises blessing for all the families of the earthHope
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 12:2, word by word
- I will make youאֶעֶשְׂees
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ees” appears- into a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- nationגוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- I will bless youאֲבָרֶכְavarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “avarech” appears- and I will make greatאֲגַדְּלָהagadla
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “agadla” appears- your nameשְׁמֶsheme
renown
Fame, good name.
Where else “sheme” appears- and beהְיֵהheye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heye” appears- a blessingבְּרָכָהberacha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “beracha” appears
The context
1YHWH said to Abram, “Go from your land, from your kindred, and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you.
2 · This verse (above)
3I will bless those who bless you, and the one who treats you with contempt I will curse; and in you all the families of the ground will be blessed.”
To study Genesis 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH command and promise Abram, and what did he do (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that in Abram all the families of the earth will be blessed (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What step of trust can you take today, even without seeing the whole road, as Abram did?