Genesis 12:1-3
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The Call of Abram
12 The Lord said to Abram:
Go out from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.(A)
2 I will make you into a great nation,(B)
I will bless you,(C)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](D)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,(E)
and all the peoples[b] on earth
will be blessed[c] through you.[d](F)
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- Genesis 12:2 Or great. Be a blessing!
- Genesis 12:3 Lit clans
- Genesis 12:3 Or will find blessing
- Genesis 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you
Genesis 18:18
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18 Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.(A)
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Genesis 22:18
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18 And all the nations of the earth will be blessed[a] by your offspring(A) because you have obeyed My command.”
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- Genesis 22:18 Or will bless themselves, or will find blessing
1 Corinthians 1:31
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31 in order that, as it is written:(A) The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.(B)[a]
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