I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,(A)
and all the peoples[a] on earth
will be blessed[b] through you.[c](B)

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Lit clans
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or will find blessing
  3. Genesis 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you

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)

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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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)

25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.(A)[a]

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25 And you are heirs(A) of the prophets and of the covenant(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’[a](C)

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  1. Acts 3:25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4

Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham,(A) saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.(B)[a]

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Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18