Genesis 12:3

Genesis 11 Genesis 13

Genesis 12:3 New International Version (NIV)

³I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”^[a]

Footnotes:

Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

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Genesis 12:3 in all English translations

Genesis 18:18

Genesis 17 Genesis 19

Genesis 18:18 New International Version (NIV)

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

Footnotes:

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

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Genesis 18:18 in all English translations

Genesis 22:18

Genesis 21 Genesis 23

Genesis 22:18 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸and through your offspring^[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,^[b] because you have obeyed me.”

Footnotes:

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)

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Genesis 22:18 in all English translations

Genesis 26:4

Genesis 25 Genesis 27

Genesis 26:4 New International Version (NIV)

⁴I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring^[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,^[b]

Footnotes:

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)

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Genesis 26:4 in all English translations

Genesis 28:14

Genesis 27 Genesis 29

Genesis 28:14 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.^[a]