Live for a time in this land and (A)I will be with you and (B)bless you, for (C)to you and to your [a]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish (D)the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. (E)I will multiply your [b]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [c]descendants all these lands; and (F)by your [d]descendants all the nations of the earth [e]shall be blessed, because Abraham [f](G)obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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  1. Genesis 26:3 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  5. Genesis 26:4 Or bless themselves
  6. Genesis 26:5 Lit listened diligently to My voice

Stay in this land for a while,(A) and I will be with you(B) and will bless you.(C) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(D) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(E) I will make your descendants(F) as numerous as the stars in the sky(G) and will give them all these lands,(H) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](I) because Abraham obeyed me(J) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(K) and my instructions.(L)

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)