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Genesis 12:3

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1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
KJV
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
WEB
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
ASV
and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
DARBY
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
BLB
And I will bless those blessing you, and him who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
ÅB
Og jeg vil velsigne dem som velsigner deg, og den som forbanner deg, vil jeg forbanne; og i deg skal alle jordens slekter velsignes
OTB
Jeg vil velsigne dem som velsigner deg, og den som forbanner deg, vil jeg forbanne; og i deg skal alle slekter på jorden velsignes.»
B1930
Og jeg vil velsigne dem som velsigner dig, og den som forbanner dig, vil jeg forbanne; og i dig skal alle jordens slekter velsignes

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 3:8

    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

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  • Genesis 22:18

    And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

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  • Genesis 27:29

    May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

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  • Acts 3:25–26

    And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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  • Numbers 24:9

    He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

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  • Genesis 26:4

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

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  • Genesis 28:14

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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  • Genesis 18:18

    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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