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Genesis 12:2-3
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 12:2-3
Contemporary English Version
2 I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others. 3 (A) I will bless those who bless you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.[a]
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- 12.3 Everyone … you: Or “Everyone on earth will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you.”
Genesis 12:2-3
New International Version
Genesis 12:2-3
New International Version
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- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 12:2-3
King James Version
Genesis 12:2-3
King James Version
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:
3 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.
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