(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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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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Footnotes

  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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‘He(A) bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’

(B)“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”

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Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”(C)

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He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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“Also the Lord your God will put all these (A)curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

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The Lord your God will put all these curses(A) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(B)

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And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

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20 Their children also shall be (A)as before,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all who oppress them.

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20 Their children(A) will be as in days of old,
    and their community will be established(B) before me;
    I will punish(C) all who oppress them.

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20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

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