11 (A)The Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the [a]offspring of your [b]body and in the [c]offspring of your beast and in the [d]produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and (B)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 (C)The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I charge you today, to [e]observe them carefully,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  2. Deuteronomy 28:11 Or womb
  3. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  4. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  5. Deuteronomy 28:13 Lit keep and do

11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(A) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(B)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(C) of his bounty,(D) to send rain(E) on your land in season and to bless(F) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(G) 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(H) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(I)

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