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Genesis 12:3
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Genesis 12:3
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3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
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Genesis 12:3
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Genesis 12:3
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Galatians 3:8
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Galatians 3:8
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Galatians 3:8
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Galatians 3:8
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8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)
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- Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
Genesis 22:18
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Genesis 22:18
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18 And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”
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Genesis 22:18
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Genesis 22:18
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18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](A) because you have obeyed me.”(B)
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- Genesis 22:18 Or seed
- Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 27:29
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Genesis 27:29
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29 May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
Genesis 27:29
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Genesis 27:29
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Numbers 24:9
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Numbers 24:9
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9 Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down;
like a lioness, who dares to arouse her?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel,
and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
Numbers 24:9
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Numbers 24:9
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9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
like a lioness(A)—who dares to rouse them?
Genesis 26:4
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Genesis 26:4
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4 I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
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Genesis 26:4
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Genesis 26:4
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4 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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- Genesis 26:4 Or seed
- Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Acts 3:25-26
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Acts 3:25-26
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25 You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants[a] all the families on earth will be blessed.’ 26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”
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Acts 3:25-26
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Acts 3:25-26
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25 And you are heirs(A) of the prophets and of the covenant(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’[a](C) 26 When God raised up(D) his servant, he sent him first(E) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
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- Acts 3:25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4
Genesis 28:14
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Genesis 28:14
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14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
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Genesis 28:14
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Genesis 28:14
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14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Galatians 3:16
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Galatians 3:16
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16 God gave the promises to Abraham and his child.[a] And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say “to his children,[b]” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says “to his child”—and that, of course, means Christ.
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Galatians 3:16
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Galatians 3:16
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16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(A) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a](B) meaning one person, who is Christ.
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
Genesis 18:18
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Genesis 18:18
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18 “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
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Genesis 18:18
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Genesis 18:18
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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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- Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
Romans 4:11
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Romans 4:11
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11 Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous—even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.
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Romans 4:11
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Romans 4:11
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11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(A) So then, he is the father(B) of all who believe(C) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
Exodus 23:22
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Exodus 23:22
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22 But if you are careful to obey him, following all my instructions, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will oppose those who oppose you.
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Exodus 23:22
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Exodus 23:22
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22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do(A) all that I say, I will be an enemy(B) to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
Galatians 3:28
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Galatians 3:28
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28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile,[a] slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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- 3:28 Greek Jew or Greek.
Galatians 3:28
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Galatians 3:28
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28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(A) nor is there male and female,(B) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(C)
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