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11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children,[a] the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land that he[b] promised your ancestors[c] he would give you. 12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do;[d] you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any. 13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his[e] commandments that I am urging[f] you today to be careful to do.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:11 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.
  3. Deuteronomy 28:11 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).
  4. Deuteronomy 28:12 tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”
  5. Deuteronomy 28:13 tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.
  6. Deuteronomy 28:13 tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”

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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