And (A)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (B)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; (C)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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(A)I will multiply your [a]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [b]descendants all these lands; and (B)by your [c]descendants all the nations of the earth [d]shall be blessed, because Abraham [e](C)obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 26:4 Or bless themselves
  5. Genesis 26:5 Lit listened diligently to My voice

I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,(A) because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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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) because Abraham obeyed me(E) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(F) and my instructions.(G)

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Footnotes

  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)

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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