16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(A)

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16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

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16 And (A)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.

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He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)

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  1. Genesis 15:5 Or seed

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and (A)count the (B)stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, (C)“So shall your (D)descendants be.”

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Then I will make my covenant between me and you(A) and will greatly increase your numbers.”(B)

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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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And I will make My (A)covenant between Me and you, and (B)will multiply you exceedingly.”

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“As for me, this is my covenant with you:(A) You will be the father of many nations.(B)

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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be (A)a father of [a]many nations.

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  1. Genesis 17:4 Lit. a multitude of nations

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)

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be (A)blessed in him?

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17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E)

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17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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17 blessing I will (A)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants (B)as the stars of the heaven (C)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and (D)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

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I will make your descendants(A) as numerous as the stars in the sky(B) and will give them all these lands,(C) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](D)

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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And (A)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (B)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

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May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples.

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  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

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“May (A)God Almighty bless you,
And make you (B)fruitful and multiply you,
That you may be an assembly of peoples;

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14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C)

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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14 Also your (A)descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad (B)to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and (C)in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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