Genesis 12:2
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2 I will make you into a great nation,(A)
I will bless you,(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](C)
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- Genesis 12:2 Or great. Be a blessing!
Genesis 15:13-14
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13 Then the Lord said to Abram,(A) “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners(B) in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed[a] 400 years.(C) 14 However, I will judge the nation they serve,(D) and afterward they will go out with many possessions.(E)
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- Genesis 15:13 Lit will serve them and they will oppress them
Genesis 35:11
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11 God also said to him:
I am God Almighty.(A)
Be fruitful and multiply.(B)
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,(C)
and kings will descend from you.[a](D)
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- Genesis 35:11 Lit will come from your loins
Exodus 1:7
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7 But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous(A) so that the land was filled with them.
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Exodus 1:9
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9 He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.(A)
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.(A) He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there.(B) There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.
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