25 You shall also know that (A)your descendants shall be many,
And your offspring (B)like the grass of the earth.

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25 You will know that your children will be many,(A)
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.(B)

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(A)His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.

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Their children(A) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.

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16 There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
(A)And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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16 May grain(A) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(B) flourish like Lebanon(C)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city

“Blessed shall be (A)the [a]fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:4 offspring

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(A)

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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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He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed

13 (A)He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first [a]Jemimah, the name of the second [b]Keziah, and the name of the third [c]Keren-Happuch. 15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

16 After this Job (B)lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.

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  1. Job 42:14 Lit. Handsome as the Day
  2. Job 42:14 Cassia, a fragrance
  3. Job 42:14 Lit. The Horn of Color or The Colorful Ray

13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

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For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
And floods on the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring;
They will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the watercourses.’

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For I will pour water(A) on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;(B)
I will pour out my Spirit(C) on your offspring,
    and my blessing(D) on your descendants.(E)
They will spring up like grass(F) in a meadow,
    like poplar trees(G) by flowing streams.(H)

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Your wife shall be (A)like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your (B)children (C)like olive plants
All around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.

(D)The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
Yes, may you (E)see your children’s children.

(F)Peace be upon Israel!

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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(A)
    within your house;
your children(B) will be like olive shoots(C)
    around your table.
Yes, this will be the blessing(D)
    for the man who fears the Lord.(E)

May the Lord bless you from Zion;(F)
    may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem(G)
    all the days of your life.
May you live to see your children’s children—(H)
    peace be on Israel.(I)

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Behold, (A)children are a heritage from the Lord,
(B)The fruit of the womb is a (C)reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
(D)Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
(E)They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

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Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward(A) from him.
Like arrows(B) in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.(C)
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents(D) in court.(E)

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‘For I will (A)look on you favorably and (B)make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My (C)covenant with you.

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“‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers,(A) and I will keep my covenant(B) with you.

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