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And there was a famine in the land, but the land of Haran was blessed for our sakes that the famine there was light.
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But at the end of three years, the famine abated throughout the land; wherefore Lot, my brother's son, and I went before the Lord in prayer after the manner of the ancients, and in answer to our prayer the Lord appeared unto me and said, Arise, Abram, and take Lot with thee and all who follow after thee, for I have purposed to take thee out of Haran and to make of thee a minister to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession when they hearken to my voice.
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For I am the Lord thy God.
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I dwell in the heavens; the earth is my footstool for I shall surely walk upon it when I come to redeem my people from their sins.
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My name is Jehovah and I know the end from the beginning; therefore, my hand shall be over thee and I will make of thee a great nation and I will bless thee above measure and make thy name great among all nations and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee that in their hands they shall bear this ministry and priesthood, even the priesthood of the fathers after the holy order of God, unto all nations.
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And I will bless all them, even as many as shall receive this gospel, through thy name for they shall be called after thy name, even the seed of Abram, as though they were the seed of thine own flesh, and they shall rise up and bless thee as their father.
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For I will bless them who bless thee and curse them who curse thee.
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In thee, through the priesthood which thou bearest, and in thy seed, through thy priesthood which they shall bear which cometh down from the fathers, shall all the families of the earth be blessed with the blessings of the gospel which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.
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For I give thee this promise, that thy seed shall sprinkle all nations that through them the right to this priesthood may encompass all mankind, that all may be brought into the covenant through obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.