en_tn/gen/12/01.md

## Now ##

This word is used here to mark a new part of the story.

## Go from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s household ##

“Go from your land, from your family, from your father's household”

## I will make of you a great nation ##

"I will start a great nation through you" or "I will make your descendants become a great nation"

## and make your name great ##

"and make you famous"

## whoever dishonors you I will curse ##

"I will curse whoever treats you in a shameful way" or "if anyone treats you as worthless, I will curse him"

## Through you will all the families of the earth be blessed ##

This can be translated with an active clause: "I will bless all the families of the earth through you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## Through you ##

This can be translated as "Because of you" or "Because I have blessed you."