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The Book of Abraham and the Book of Genesis
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The Book of Abraham and the Book of Genesis
Summary: Critics allege that the Book of Abraham is plagiarized from the Book of Genesis.
Abraham 2 and Genesis 11-12
| Genesis 11-12 | Abraham 2 |
|---|---|
| 1 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 shew thee: | 3 |
| 2 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: | |
| 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. | |
| 4 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 departed out of Haran. | |
| 5 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. | |
| 6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. | |
| 7 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. | |
| 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el 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. | |
| 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. |