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Genesis · read by William Carrol
19 verses, in order. Only the verses William read aloud are shown.
Genesis 12
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Then the LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you.Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
Genesis 13
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After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, "Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you."Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
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So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.Read from NKJV · Leaving a Lot to Gain the Rest
Genesis 14
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And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer's army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself."Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry
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that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'Read from NKJV · The World's Greatest Ministry