10 The (A)angel of the Lord also said to her, “(B)I will greatly multiply your [a]descendants so that [b]they will be too many to count.”

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  1. Genesis 16:10 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 16:10 Lit they shall not be counted for multitude

10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(A)

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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 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)

10 (A)Who has counted the dust of Jacob,
Or the number of the fourth part of Israel?
(B)May [a]I die the death of the upright,
(C)And may my end be like his!”

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  1. Numbers 23:10 Lit my soul

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(A)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(B)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(C)

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