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Genesis 22:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
Genesis 22:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
16 and said, “(A)By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one, 17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly (B)multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as (C)the sand which is on the seashore; and (D)your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. 18 (E)In your [a]seed all the nations of the earth shall [b]be blessed, because you have (F)listened to My voice.”
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- Genesis 22:18 Or descendants
- Genesis 22:18 Or experience blessing repeatedly, bless themselves
Genesis 22:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 22:16-18
New International Version
16 and said, “I swear by myself,(A) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(B) 17 I will surely bless you(C) and make your descendants(D) as numerous as the stars in the sky(E) and as the sand on the seashore.(F) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(G) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](H) because you have obeyed me.”(I)
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- Genesis 22:18 Or seed
- Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
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