Genesis 18:17-19

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¹⁷The Lord said, ‘Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, ¹⁸seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?^[a] ¹⁹No, for I have chosen^[b] him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’

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Genesis 18:18 Or and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him
Genesis 18:19 Heb known

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