14 Also your (A)descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad (B)to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and (C)in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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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)

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

(A)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (B)you all the families of the earth shall be (C)blessed.”

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I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;(A)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.(B)[a]

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

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)

25 (A)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, (B)‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

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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)

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  1. Acts 3:25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4

18 (A)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (B)because you have obeyed My voice.”

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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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  1. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

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)

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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14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot (A)had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—(B)northward, southward, eastward, and westward;

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14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.(A)

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16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of (A)one, (B)“And to your Seed,” who is (C)Christ.

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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.

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  1. Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7

And (A)the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, (B)“In you all the nations shall be blessed.”

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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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  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

After these things I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude which no one could number, (B)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

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The Great Multitude in White Robes

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,(A) standing before the throne(B) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes(C) and were holding palm branches in their hands.

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Redemption in Christ

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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11 And I say to you that (A)many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

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11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,(A) and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.(B)

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