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Genesis 12:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 522-523

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2014, p. 9

    11/1/2001, p. 31

    8/15/2001, pp. 15-16

    7/1/1989, p. 19

    2/1/1989, p. 11

    12/15/1976, pp. 745-746

    7/1/1969, pp. 397-399

    7/1/1964, pp. 410-412

    5/15/1961, pp. 314-316

    8/15/1959, pp. 510-512

    Awake!,

    5/22/1988, pp. 25-26

    Worldwide Security, pp. 74-75

  • Publications Index

    it-1 522-523; w14 10/15 9; w01 8/15 15-16; w01 11/1 31; w89 2/1 11; w89 7/1 19; g88 5/22 25-26; ws 74-75;

    w76 745-746; w69 398; w64 411; bf 48; w61 315; ns 73; w59 511; tf 168

Genesis 12:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 522-523

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 468

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, p. 14

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2014, p. 9

    3/15/2013, pp. 20-21

    8/15/2001, pp. 15-16

    2/1/1998, pp. 8-9

    7/1/1989, p. 19

    2/1/1989, p. 11

    7/1/1969, pp. 397-399

    7/1/1964, pp. 413-414

    9/1/1960, pp. 523-524

    Imitate, p. 30

    Awake!,

    5/2012, pp. 15-16

    5/22/1988, pp. 25-26

  • Publications Index

    it-1 522-523; it-2 468; wp17.3 14; w14 10/15 9; w13 3/15 20-21; ia 30; g 5/12 15-16; w01 8/15 15-16; w98 2/1 8-9; w89 2/1 11; w89 7/1 19; g88 5/22 25-26;

    ad 1203; w69 398; im 185; w64 413; bf 48, 55; ns 73; w60 524; pa 54; w49 100; w46 101; na46 12; tf 168; w34 101; jh 137; w31 236, 299

Genesis 12:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2020 p. 8

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 522-523

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2014, p. 9

    3/15/2013, pp. 20-21

    2/1/1998, pp. 8-9

    7/1/1989, pp. 3, 19

    2/1/1989, p. 11

    5/15/1981, p. 17

    7/15/1980, pp. 18-19, 28

    4/1/1980, p. 26

    3/15/1976, pp. 180-181

    6/1/1974, p. 330

    2/15/1965, pp. 101-103

    3/15/1961, p. 168

    12/1/1960, pp. 730-731

    9/15/1957, pp. 559-561

    11/15/1956, pp. 699-701

    Imitate, p. 30

    “All Scripture,” p. 18

    Awake!,

    5/22/1988, pp. 25, 27

    Survival, p. 61

    “Kingdom Come,” p. 47

    “Eternal Purpose,” pp. 85-86

  • Publications Index

    wp20.3 8; it-1 522-523; w14 10/15 9; w13 3/15 20-21; ia 30; w98 2/1 8-9; si 18; w89 2/1 11; w89 7/1 3, 19; g88 5/22 25, 27;

    su 61; w81 5/15 17; kc 47; w80 4/1 26; w80 7/15 19, 28; w76 181; w74 330; po 85-86; w65 102; g64 12/22 28; bf 48, 55, 661; w61 168; ns 73; w60 730; w57 560; hn 10; w56 700; w47 84; w46 101; na46 12; w45 132; tf 168; w33 187; w31 236, 299

Genesis 12:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 17

    8/1/1978, pp. 22-23

    7/1/1964, pp. 410-412

    7/1/1962, pp. 387-388

    9/1/1960, pp. 521-523

    11/1/1957, pp. 670-671

  • Publications Index

    w01 8/15 17;

    w78 8/1 23; w64 411; bf 49; w62 388; ns 73; w60 522; w57 671

Genesis 12:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, p. 14

    Imitate, p. 30

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 17

    12/15/1962, pp. 752-753

    8/1/1960, pp. 456-457

    Awake!,

    5/22/1988, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    wp17.3 14; ia 30; w01 8/15 17; g88 5/22 27;

    w62 752; w60 456

Genesis 12:6

Footnotes

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    12:6 Or to the place at Shekem

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 29, 331, 671-672, 925

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 914

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 18

    7/1/1989, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    it-1 29, 331, 672, 925; it-2 914; w01 8/15 18; w89 7/1 19-20;

    mg63 98

Genesis 12:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 81, 331, 522, 925

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, p. 14

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, pp. 18-19

    2/1/1998, pp. 8-9

    7/1/1989, p. 20

    7/15/1964, pp. 437-438

    “Eternal Purpose,” pp. 86-87, 105

  • Publications Index

    it-1 81, 331, 522, 925; wp17.3 14; w01 8/15 18-19; w98 2/1 8-9; w89 7/1 20;

    po 86-87, 105; ad 388; li 31; im 186; w64 437; bf 50; ns 74; w34 29

Genesis 12:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 295

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 19

    7/1/1989, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    it-1 295; w01 8/15 19; w89 7/1 20;

    g62 7/22 27; ns 75, 92

Genesis 12:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w01 8/15 19

Genesis 12:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 140

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 369

  • Publications Index

    it-1 140; it-2 369;

    ad 100; ns 96

Genesis 12:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    9/22/1976, p. 22

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1960, pp. 362-364

  • Publications Index

    g76 9/22 22; w60 363

Genesis 12:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, pp. 14-15

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 20

    2/1/1992, p. 31

    2/1/1956, pp. 77-79

    Awake!,

    9/22/1976, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    wp17.3 14-15; w01 8/15 20; w92 2/1 31;

    g76 9/22 22; w56 78

Genesis 12:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 245

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2017, p. 13

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, pp. 14-15

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, pp. 20-21

    7/1/1989, pp. 20-21

    3/1/1985, p. 31

    11/1/1962, pp. 664-666

    9/1/1962, pp. 515-516

    9/1/1960, pp. 523-524

    2/1/1956, pp. 77-79

    Awake!,

    9/22/1976, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    it-2 245; w17.12 13; wp17.3 14-15; w01 8/15 20-21; w89 7/1 20-21;

    w85 3/1 31; g76 9/22 22; w62 515, 665; w60 524; w56 78

Genesis 12:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 624

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, p. 15

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2015, p. 12

  • Publications Index

    it-2 624; wp17.3 15; w15 5/15 12;

    ad 1300

Genesis 12:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1017

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 3 2017, p. 15

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2011, pp. 16-17

    8/15/2001, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1017; wp17.3 15; w11 6/15 16-17; w01 8/15 21;

    ad 282, 701

Genesis 12:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    w01 8/15 21

Genesis 12:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2001, p. 21

    11/15/1953, pp. 685-687

  • Publications Index

    w01 8/15 21;

    w53 686

Genesis 12:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1992, p. 31

    11/15/1953, pp. 685-687

  • Publications Index

    w92 2/1 31;

    w53 686

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Genesis 12:1-20

Genesis

12 And Jehovah said to Abram “Betake yourself from your country, your home, and your family, to the country I will show you, 2 and I will make you a great nation and bless you and make your name famous, and it shall be a blessing; 3 and I will bless those who bless you, and whoever misspeaks you I will curse; and all the clans of the world shall bless by you.” 4 And Abram went, as Jehovah had told him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy-five years old when he went out of Harran. 5 And Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their chattels that they had accumulated and the persons that they had acquired in Harran, and they went out to go to Canaan.

And they came to Canaan, 6* and Abram passed along through the country to Shekem’s place, to the Oak of Moreh; and the Canaanites were in the country then. 7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said “To your descendants I will give this country”; and he built an altar there to Jehovah who had appeared to him. 8 And he moved on from there to the highland on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and the Ghai on the east, and built an altar there to Jehovah and invoked Jehovah’s name. 9 And Abram shifted his camp further and further toward the South.

10 And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down to Egypt to live there as an immigrant, because the famine was severe in the country. 11 And when he was just going to enter Egypt he said to his wife Sarai “Here, you know you are a beauty; 12 and when the Egyptians see you and think ‘This is his wife’ they will kill me and keep you alive. 13 Say you are my sister, in order that I may be well treated for your sake and may have my life preserved on your account.” 14 And when Abram came into Egypt the Egyptians saw the woman was very beautiful; 15 and the Pharaoh’s generals saw her and praised her to the Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into the Pharaoh’s palace; 16 and he treated Abram well for her sake, and he got sheep and cows, a great fortune in cattle, and slaves and donkeys and camels.

17 But Jehovah struck the Pharaoh down with severe ailments, and his family, for the affair with Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 And the Pharaoh summoned Abram and said “What is this you have been doing to me? why did you not tell me she was your wife? 19 why did you say? ‘She is my sister’ and have me take her for my wife? Now here is your wife: take her and go.” 20 And the Pharaoh gave men orders about him, and they saw him off, him and his wife and everything that belonged to him.

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