Genesis 12:3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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.
Compare
- 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
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Read in contextGenesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Read in contextGenesis 27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Read in contextActs 3:25–26
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Read in contextNumbers 24:9
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Read in contextGenesis 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Read in contextGenesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Read in contextGenesis 18:18
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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