Genesis 28:14-16
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14 and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed[a] in you and in your offspring.(A) 15 Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”(B) 16 Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!”(C)
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- 28.14 Or shall bless themselves
Genesis 28:14-16
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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) 15 I am with you(D) and will watch over you(E) wherever you go,(F) and I will bring you back to this land.(G) I will not leave you(H) until I have done what I have promised you.(I)”(J)
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(K) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”
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- Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
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