25 (A)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, (B)‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

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25 It is you who are (A)the sons of the prophets and of the (B)covenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘(C)And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

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25 You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’(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

25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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(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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But God spoke in this way: (A)that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into (B)bondage and oppress them four hundred years. (C)‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will (D)judge,’ said God, (E)‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’

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But (A)God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be strangers in a land that was not theirs, and [a]they would enslave and mistreat them for four hundred years. And whatever nation to which they are enslaved I Myself will judge,’ said God, ‘and (B)after that they will come out and [b]serve Me in this place.’

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  1. Acts 7:6 I.e., the people of the land (Egypt)
  2. Acts 7:7 Or worship

And this is, in effect, what God spoke [to him]: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. And I will judge any nation to whom they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me [in worship] in this place.’(A)

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God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.(A) But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’[a](B)

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  1. Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

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