Today's Scripture [1-23-13]

   Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee
out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and
from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
show thee:
   And I will make of thee a great nation, and I
will bless thee, and make thy name great; and
thou shalt be a blessing:
   And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse
him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all fam-
ilies of the earth be blessed.
   So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken
unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram
was seventy and five years old when he depart-
ed out of Haran.
   And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his
brother's son, and all their substance that they
had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten
in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land
of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they
came.
   And Abram passed through the land unto the
place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh.  And
the Canaanite was then in the land.
   And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and
there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who
appeared unto him.
   And he removed from thence unto a mountain
on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, hav-
ing Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and
there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and
called upon the name of the LORD.
   And Abram journeyed, going on still toward
the south.
                       ~ Genesis 12:1-9 KJV