17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly (A)multiply your [a]seed as the stars of the heavens and as (B)the sand, which is on the seashore; and (C)your [b]seed shall possess the gate of [c]their enemies.

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  1. Genesis 22:17 Or descendants
  2. Genesis 22:17 Or descendants
  3. Genesis 22:17 Lit his

17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E)

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22 For (A)though your people, Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A (B)destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

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22 Though your people be like the sand(A) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(B)
Destruction has been decreed,(C)
    overwhelming and righteous.

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For (A)I will pour water on [a]the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will (B)pour out My Spirit on your (C)offspring,
And My blessing on your descendants;
And they will spring up [b]among the grass
Like (D)poplars by streams of water.’

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  1. Isaiah 44:3 Or him who is thirsty
  2. Isaiah 44:4 Another reading is like grass among the waters

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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For you will (A)spread out to the right and to the left.
And your [a]descendants will (B)possess nations
And will (C)resettle the desolate cities.

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  1. Isaiah 54:3 Lit seed

For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants(A) will dispossess nations(B)
    and settle in their desolate(C) cities.

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22 As the (A)heavenly [a]lights cannot be counted, and the (B)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will (C)multiply the [b]descendants of My servant David and the (D)Levites who serve Me.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 33:22 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Jeremiah 33:22 Lit seed

22 I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless(A) as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.’”

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