(A)I will make you a great nation;
(B)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(C)And you shall be a blessing.

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And (A)I have been with you wherever you have gone, (B)and have [a]cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:9 destroyed

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 (A)that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the (B)Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive (C)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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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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18 since 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)

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be (A)a father of [a]many nations. No longer shall (B)your name be called [b]Abram, but your name shall be [c]Abraham; (C)for I have made you a father of [d]many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make (D)nations of you, and (E)kings shall come from you.

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  1. Genesis 17:4 Lit. a multitude of nations
  2. Genesis 17:5 Lit. Exalted Father
  3. Genesis 17:5 Lit. Father of a Multitude
  4. Genesis 17:5 a multitude of

“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.

“May (A)God Almighty bless you,
And make you (B)fruitful and multiply you,
That you may be an assembly of peoples;
And give you (C)the blessing of Abraham,
To you and your descendants with you,
That you may inherit the land
(D)In[a] which you are a stranger,
Which God gave to Abraham.”

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  1. Genesis 28:4 Lit. Of your sojournings

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

So He said, “I am God, (A)the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will (B)make of you a great nation there.

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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 Also God said to him: (A)“I am God Almighty. (B)Be fruitful and multiply; (C)a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

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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

And (A)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (B)and in your seed 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 blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and 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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Therefore know that only (A)those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

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

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(A)But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and [a]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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  1. Exodus 1:7 became very numerous

but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers(A) and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

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16 And (A)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.

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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(A)

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