Genesis 13:5-9 New International Version (NIV) 5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay...

Genesis 12:10 New International Version (NIV) Abram in Egypt 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. When famine struck, Abram went to Egypt. Why did God allow a famine in the land...

Genesis 12:7 New International Version (NIV) 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.”So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. Alters were used for communion with God. Alters commemorated notable...

Genesis 12:5 New International Version (NIV) 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. God had a plan to develop a...

Genesis 12:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 “I will make you into a great nation,     and I will bless you; I will make your name great,     and you will be a blessing. God promised to bless Abram, but there was a condition. Abram had to do what God wanted him to...

Genesis 12:1-3 New International Version (NIV) The Call of Abram 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation,     and I will bless you; I will make...