I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,(A)
and all the peoples[a] on earth
will be blessed[b] through you.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:3 Lit clans
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or will find blessing
  3. Genesis 12:3 Or will bless themselves by you

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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

He crouches, he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?(A)
Those who bless you will be blessed,
and those who curse you will be cursed.(B)

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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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