¹⁷ blessing I will ^(A)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ^(B)as the stars of the heaven ^(C)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(D)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

¹² And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for ^(A)they are blessed.”