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17 (A) “I will bless you and give you such a large family, that someday your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the seashore. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live. 18 (B) You have obeyed me, and so you and your descendants will be a blessing to all nations on earth.”

19 Abraham and Isaac went back to the servants who had come with him, and they returned to Abraham's home in Beersheba.

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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) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](F) because you have obeyed me.”(G)

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba.(H) And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)