And (A)I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [a]curses you I will [b]curse.
(B)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Or reviles
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or bind under a curse

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)

(A)He [a]crouches, he lies down like a lion,
And like a lioness, who [b]dares to rouse him?
(B)Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

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  1. Numbers 24:9 Lit bows down
  2. Numbers 24:9 Lit will

Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”(C)

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(A)And the Lord your God will [a]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 30:7 Lit give

The Lord your God will put all these curses(A) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(B)

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