(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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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

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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“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

(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

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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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

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

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(A)But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

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16 (A)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

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And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and (A)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, (B)“So shall your offspring be.”

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17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring (A)as the stars of heaven and (B)as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess (C)the gate of his[a] enemies, 18 and (D)in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, (E)because you have obeyed my voice.”

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  1. Genesis 22:17 Or their

“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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11 (A)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was (B)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,

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10 Now therefore (A)let me alone, that (B)my wrath may burn hot against them and (C)I may consume them, in order that (D)I may make a great nation of you.”

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14 Your offspring shall be like (A)the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and (B)your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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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 So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God (A)remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.

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(A)And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, (B)too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. (C)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (D)to govern your people, that I may (E)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

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12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I (A)will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

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20 (A)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and steadfast love to Abraham,
(B)as you have sworn to our fathers
    from the days of old.

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He crouched, he lay down like a lion
    and (A)like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
(B)Blessed are those who bless you,
    and cursed are those who curse you.”

10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he (C)struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, (D)“I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.

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