Genesis 12:2-3

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I will make you into a great nation,^(A)
I will bless you,^(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.^(a)^(C)

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I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,^(D)
and all the peoples^(b) on earth
will be blessed^(c) through you.^(d)^(E)

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 12:2: Or great. Be a blessing!

b. Genesis 12:3: Lit clans

c. Genesis 12:3: Or will find blessing

d. Genesis 12:3: Or will bless themselves by you

Cross references:

A. Genesis 12:2: Genesis 17:4-6; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 46:3; Deuteronomy 26:5

B. Genesis 12:2: Genesis 22:17

C. Genesis 12:2: Zechariah 8:13

D. Genesis 12:3: Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9

E. Genesis 12:3: Genesis 18:18; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 28:14; Acts 3:25