Genesis 12:3
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3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a](A)
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- 12.3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 13:14-16
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14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,(A) 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.(B) 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.(C)
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Genesis 18:18
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18 seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?[a](A)
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- 18.18 Or and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him
Genesis 22:17
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17 I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,(A)
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Genesis 22:18
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18 and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”(A)
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Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,(A)
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