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...

Genesis 11:4 New International Version (NIV) 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” The tower of...

Genesis 9:5 New International Version (NIV) 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being. God requires each...