מִשְׁפָּחָה

mishpachah

mish-pa-KHAH

family, clan, kindred

Where it comes from

Wider than a household — the whole extended clan. The first promise reaches past Abram to every clan on earth, which is a strange thing to say to one childless man in Haran.

Genesis 12:1-3

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: 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 families of the earth be blessed.

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