14 Your [a]descendants will also be like (A)the dust of the earth, and you will [b]spread out (B)to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and (C)in you and in your [c]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 28:14 Lit break through
  3. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C)

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Do not fear, for (A)I am with you;
I will bring (B)your offspring from the east,
And (C)gather you from the west.
I will say to the (D)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring My (E)sons from afar
And My daughters from the (F)ends of the earth,

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Do not be afraid,(A) for I am with you;(B)
    I will bring your children(C) from the east
    and gather(D) you from the west.(E)
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
    and to the south,(F) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
    and my daughters(G) from the ends of the earth(H)

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(A)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

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Nations(A) will come to your light,(B)
    and kings(C) to the brightness of your dawn.

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