Genesis 12:2

New International Version

²“I will make you into a great nation,^(A)
and I will bless you;^(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.^[a]^(C)

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Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed

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Ruth 4:11

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¹¹Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(A) said, “We are witnesses.^(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.^(E)

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Ruth 4:12

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¹²Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,^(A) whom Tamar^(B) bore to Judah.”

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Isaiah 19:24

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²⁴In that day^(A) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,^(B) a blessing^[a]^(C) on the earth.

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Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

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Isaiah 19:25

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²⁵The Lord Almighty will bless^(A) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,^(B) Assyria my handiwork,^(C) and Israel my inheritance.^(D)”

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Ezekiel 34:26

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²⁶I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.^[a]^(A) I will send down showers in season;^(B) there will be showers of blessing.^(C)

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Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

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Zephaniah 3:20

New International Version

²⁰At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring^(A) you home.
I will give you honor^(B) and praise^(C)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes^[a]^(D)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.