¹¹ And God said to him, “I am God Almighty^[a];^(A) be fruitful and increase in number.^(B) A nation^(C) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.^{(D) 12} The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.^(E)”^(F)

Benediction and Final Greetings

²⁰ Now may the God of peace,^(A) who through the blood of the eternal covenant^(B) brought back from the dead^(C) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,^(D)

² “Listen to the terms of this covenant^(A) and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem.

¹¹ “‘Then you crossed the Jordan^(A) and came to Jericho.^(B) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,^(C) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,^(D) but I gave them into your hands.^{(E) 12} I sent the hornet^(F) ahead of you, which drove them out^(G) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.^{(H) 13} So I gave you a land^(I) on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’^(J)

¹⁷ And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt^(A) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’^(B)