(A)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (B)you all the families of the earth shall be (C)blessed.”

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And (A)I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [a]curses you I will [b]curse.
(B)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Or reviles
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or bind under a curse


And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you,
And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you.
And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”(A)

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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)

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be (A)blessed in him?

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18 since Abraham will certainly become a great and [a]mighty nation, and in him (A)all the nations of the earth will be blessed?

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  1. Genesis 18:18 Or populous

18 since Abraham [a]is destined to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?(A)

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  1. Genesis 18:18 Lit will surely.

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)

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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14 Also your (A)descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad (B)to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and (C)in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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14 Your [a]descendants will also be like (A)the dust of the earth, and you will [b]spread out (B)to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and (C)in you and in your [c]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 28:14 Lit break through
  3. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed

14 Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your [a]descendants.(A)

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  1. Genesis 28:14 I.e. Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is a descendant of Jacob.

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C)

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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