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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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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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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17 blessing I will (A)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants (B)as the stars of the heaven (C)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and (D)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 (E)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (F)because you have obeyed My voice.”

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Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and (A)count the (B)stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, (C)“So shall your (D)descendants be.”

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13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You (A)swore by Your own self, and said to them, (B)‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”

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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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(A)I will make you a great nation;
(B)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(C)And you shall be a blessing.
(D)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (E)you all the families of the earth shall be (F)blessed.”

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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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17 (A)His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And (B)men shall be blessed in Him;
(C)All nations shall call Him blessed.

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“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be (A)a father of [a]many nations. No longer shall (B)your name be called [b]Abram, but your name shall be [c]Abraham; (C)for I have made you a father of [d]many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make (D)nations of you, and (E)kings shall come from you. And I will (F)establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, (G)to be God to you and (H)your descendants after you. Also (I)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (J)in[e] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (K)I will be their God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:4 Lit. a multitude of nations
  2. Genesis 17:5 Lit. Exalted Father
  3. Genesis 17:5 Lit. Father of a Multitude
  4. Genesis 17:5 a multitude of
  5. Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings

For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

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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 On the same day the Lord (A)made a covenant with Abram, saying:

(B)“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

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