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11 And Yahweh will make you successful and prosperous,[a] in the fruit of your womb and on the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors[b] to give to you. 12 Yahweh shall open for you his rich[c] storehouse, even the heavens, to give the rain for[d] your land in its time and to bless all of the work of your hand, and you will lend to many nations; you will not borrow from them. 13 And Yahweh shall make you[e] as head and not the tail, and you shall be only at the top of the nations, and you shall not be at the bottom, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am commanding you today[f] and diligently observe them.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 Literally “Yahweh will cause for you goodness”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:11 Or “fathers”
  3. Deuteronomy 28:12 Literally “good”
  4. Deuteronomy 28:12 Hebrew “of”
  5. Deuteronomy 28:13 Literally “place/set you up”
  6. Deuteronomy 28:13 Literally “the day”
  7. Deuteronomy 28:13 Literally “to observe them and to do them”

11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(A) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(B)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(C) of his bounty,(D) to send rain(E) on your land in season and to bless(F) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(G) 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(H) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(I)

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