I will also bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be 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)

18 Seeing that Abraham shall be indeed a great and a mighty nation, and (A)all the nations of the earth shall be 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)

25 [a]Ye are the [b]children of the Prophets, and of the covenant, which God hath made unto our fathers, saying to Abraham, (A)Even in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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  1. Acts 3:25 The Jews that believe are the first begotten in the kingdom of God.
  2. Acts 3:25 For whom the Prophets were specially appointed.

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

[a]For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, (A)[b]In thee shall all the Gentiles be [c]blessed.

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  1. Galatians 3:8 The third, that all people that believe, are without exception, comprehended in the promise of the blessing.
  2. Galatians 3:8 A proof of the first and second grounds, out of the words of Moses.
  3. Galatians 3:8 Blessing in this place, signifieth the free promise by faith.

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