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 (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

He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(C)

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed

And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and (A)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “(B)So shall your [a]descendants be.” (C)Then he believed in the Lord; and He [b]credited it to him as righteousness.

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 15:6 Or imputed

No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](A) for I have made you a father of many nations.(B)

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.

No longer shall you be named [a]Abram,
But (A)your name shall be [b]Abraham;
For (B)I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 I.e., exalted father
  2. Genesis 17:5 I.e., father of a multitude