^{1 Ref} And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

^{2 Ref} And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

^{3 Ref} And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

^{4 Ref} And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram `is' a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.

^{5 Ref} And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.

^{6 Ref} And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite `is' then in the land.

^{7 Ref} And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.