I will make you into a great nation,(A)
I will bless you,(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.(C)
I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,(D)
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed[a] through you.[b](E)

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  1. 12:3 Or will find blessing
  2. 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you

18 And all the nations of the earth will be blessed[a] by your offspring(A) because you have obeyed my command.”

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  1. 22:18 Or will consider themselves blessed, or will find blessing

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)

36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before me,(A)

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36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(A)

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