Genesis 12:2
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2 (A)And 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.
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2 Samuel 7:9
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9 (A)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.
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Galatians 3:14
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14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (A)come to the Gentiles, so that (B)we might receive (C)the promised Spirit[a] through faith.
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- Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit
Genesis 17:4-6
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4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be (A)the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (B)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (C)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make (D)you into nations, and (E)kings shall come from you.
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- Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
- Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude
Genesis 18:18
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18 seeing that 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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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 there I will (B)make you into a great nation.
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Genesis 35:11
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11 And God said to him, (A)“I am God Almighty:[a] be (B)fruitful and multiply. (C)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[b]
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- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
Genesis 28:3-4
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3 (A)God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4 May he give (B)the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of (C)the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”
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- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El Shaddai
Genesis 26:4
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4 (A)I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And (B)in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
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Genesis 24:35
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35 The Lord (A)has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
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Galatians 3:7
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7 Know then that it is (A)those of faith who are (B)the sons of Abraham.
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 “And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A (A)wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, (B)few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
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Genesis 27:29
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29 Let peoples serve you,
and nations (A)bow down to you.
(B)Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
(C)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”
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