Genesis 12:2
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2 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.(A)
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2 Samuel 7:9
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9 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.(A)
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Galatians 3:14
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14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.(A)
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Genesis 18:18
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18 seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?[a](A)
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- 18.18 Or and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him
Genesis 17:4-6
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4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.(A) 5 No longer shall your name be Abram,[a] but your name shall be Abraham,[b] for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.(B) 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.(C)
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Genesis 46:3
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3 Then he said, “I am God,[a] the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.(A)
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- 46.3 Heb the God
Genesis 35:11
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11 God said to him, “I am God Almighty:[a] be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.(A)
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- 35.11 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 28:3-4
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3 May God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.(A) 4 May he give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, so that you may take possession of the land where you now live as an alien, land that God gave to Abraham.”(B)
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- 28.3 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 26:4
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4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,(A)
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Genesis 24:35
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35 The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy; he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys.(A)
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Galatians 3:7
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7 so, you see, those who believe are the descendants of Abraham.
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.(A)
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Genesis 27:29
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29 Let peoples serve you
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”(A)
Genesis 15:5
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5 He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”(A)
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Exodus 32:10
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10 Now let me alone so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will make a great nation.”(A)
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Exodus 1:7
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7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.(A)
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Genesis 28:14
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14 and your offspring shall be like 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 all the families of the earth shall be blessed[a] in you and in your offspring.(A)
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- 28.14 Or shall bless themselves
Genesis 22:17-18
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17 I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,(A) 18 and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”(B)
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Genesis 13:16
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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.(A)
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Romans 4:11
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11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[a] while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe[b] without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,(A)
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Micah 7:20
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20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
from the days of old.(A)
1 Kings 3:8-9
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8 And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.(A) 9 Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”(B)
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Numbers 24:9-10
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9 He crouched; he lay down like a lion
and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
and cursed is everyone who curses you.”(A)
10 Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead you have blessed them these three times.
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Numbers 14:12
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12 I will strike them with pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”(A)
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Genesis 19:29
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29 So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had settled.(A)
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