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I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a](A)

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  1. 12.3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

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)

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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)

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May they prosper who love you.(A)

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Peace be within your walls
    and security within your towers.”

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