(A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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(A)And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

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I have been with you wherever you have gone,(A) and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.(B) Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.(C)

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14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (A)come to the Gentiles, so that (B)we might receive (C)the promised Spirit[a] through faith.

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  1. Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit

14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(A) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(B)

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“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be (A)the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (B)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (C)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make (D)you into nations, and (E)kings shall come from you.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

“As for me, this is my covenant with you:(A) You will be the father of many nations.(B) No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](C) for I have made you a father of many nations.(D) I will make you very fruitful;(E) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.(F)

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

18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be (A)blessed in him?

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18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(A) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a]

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  1. Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)

Then he said, “I am God, (A)the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will (B)make you into a great nation.

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“I am God, the God of your father,”(A) he said. “Do not be afraid(B) to go down to Egypt,(C) for I will make you into a great nation(D) there.(E)

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11 And God said to him, (A)“I am God Almighty:[a] be (B)fruitful and multiply. (C)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[b]

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  1. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
  2. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins

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)

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  1. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai

(A)God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. May he give (B)the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of (C)the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”

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  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(E) so that you may take possession of the land(F) where you now reside as a foreigner,(G) the land God gave to Abraham.”

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  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

(A)I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And (B)in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

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I will make your descendants(A) as numerous as the stars in the sky(B) and will give them all these lands,(C) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](D)

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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)

35 The Lord (A)has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.

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35 The Lord has blessed(A) my master abundantly,(B) and he has become wealthy.(C) He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.(D)

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Know then that it is (A)those of faith who are (B)the sons of Abraham.

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Understand, then, that those who have faith(A) are children of Abraham.(B)

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“And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A (A)wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, (B)few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

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Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering(A) Aramean,(B) and he went down into Egypt with a few people(C) and lived there and became a great nation,(D) powerful and numerous.

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29 Let peoples serve you,
    and nations (A)bow down to you.
(B)Be lord over your brothers,
    and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
(C)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
    and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

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29 May nations serve you
    and peoples bow down to you.(A)
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(B)
May those who curse you be cursed
    and those who bless you be blessed.(C)

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