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Genesis 18:17-19
Good News Translation
Genesis 18:17-19
Good News Translation
17 And the Lord said to himself, “I will not hide from Abraham what I am going to do. 18 His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.[a] 19 I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised.”
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- Genesis 18:18 through … nations; or all the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed him.
Genesis 18:17-19
New International Version
Genesis 18:17-19
New International Version
17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham(A) what I am about to do?(B) 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(C) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a] 19 For I have chosen him(D), so that he will direct his children(E) and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord(F) by doing what is right and just,(G) so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”(H)
Footnotes
- Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
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