I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,(A)
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed[a] through you.[b](B)

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  1. 12:3 Or will find blessing
  2. 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you

I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;(A)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.(B)[a]

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

18 Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.(A)

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18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(A) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a]

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  1. Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)

25 You are the sons[a] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.[b](A)

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  1. 3:25 = heirs
  2. 3:25 Gn 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4

25 And you are heirs(A) of the prophets and of the covenant(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’[a](C)

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  1. Acts 3:25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4

Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and proclaimed the gospel ahead of time to Abraham,(A) saying, All the nations[a] will be blessed through you.[b](B)

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  1. 3:8 Or Gentiles
  2. 3:8 Gn 12:3; 18:18

Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18