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Genesis 12:3
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3 (A)I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will find blessing in you.[a]

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  1. 12:3 Will find blessing in you: the Hebrew conjugation of the verb here and in 18:18 and 28:14 can be either reflexive (“shall bless themselves by you” = people will invoke Abraham as an example of someone blessed by God) or passive (“by you all the families of earth will be blessed” = the religious privileges of Abraham and his descendants ultimately will be extended to the nations). In 22:18 and 26:4, another conjugation of the same verb is used in a similar context that is undoubtedly reflexive (“bless themselves”). Many scholars suggest that the two passages in which the sense is clear should determine the interpretation of the three ambiguous passages: the privileged blessing enjoyed by Abraham and his descendants will awaken in all peoples the desire to enjoy those same blessings. Since the term is understood in a passive sense in the New Testament (Acts 3:25; Gal 3:8), it is rendered here by a neutral expression that admits of both meanings.
Listen to Genesis 12:3, Genesis 13:14-15, Genesis 15:5-6, Genesis 18:18, Genesis 22:17-18, Genesis 26:4, Deuteronomy 19:8
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Genesis 12:3
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3 I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;(A)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.(B)”[a]

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
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Genesis 13:14-15
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14 After Lot had parted from him, the Lord said to Abram: Look about you, and from where you are, gaze to the north and south, east and west;(A) 15 all the land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.(B)

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Genesis 13:14-15
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14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.(A) 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever.(B)

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  1. Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16
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Genesis 15:5-6
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5 He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.(A) 6 (B)Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.[a]

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  1. 15:6 Abraham’s act of faith in God’s promises was regarded as an act of righteousness, i.e., as fully expressive of his relationship with God. St. Paul (Rom 4:1–25; Gal 3:6–9) makes Abraham’s faith a model for Christians.
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Genesis 15:5-6
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5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(C)

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed
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Genesis 18:18
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18 now that he is to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him?(A)

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Genesis 18:18
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18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(A) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a]

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  1. Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
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Genesis 22:17-18
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17 I will bless you and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies,(A) 18 and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing, because you obeyed my command.”(B)

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Genesis 22:17-18
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17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](F) because you have obeyed me.”(G)

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  1. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
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Genesis 23
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Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing—(A)

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Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your descendants(A) as numerous as the stars in the sky(B) and will give them all these lands,(C) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](D)

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
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Deuteronomy 19:8
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8 (A)But if the Lord, your God, enlarges your territory, as he swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land he promised your ancestors he would give,

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Deuteronomy 19:8
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8 If the Lord your God enlarges your territory,(A) as he promised(B) on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them,

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Ben Sira 44:21
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21 For this reason, God promised him with an oath
    to bless the nations through his descendants,
To make him numerous as grains of dust,
    and to exalt his posterity like the stars,
Giving them an inheritance from sea to sea,
    and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.

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  1. 44:21 The River: the Euphrates; cf. Gn 2:14.
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