15 I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.[a]
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.(A)

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  1. 3:15 Lit your seed and her seed

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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

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

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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18 And all the nations of the earth will be blessed[a] by your offspring(A) because you have obeyed my command.”

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  1. 22:18 Or will consider themselves blessed, or will find blessing

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. Whenever someone was bitten, and he looked at the bronze snake, he recovered.

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And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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17 I see him, but not now;
I perceive him, but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.(A)
He will smash the forehead[a] of Moab
and strike down[b] all the Shethites.[c]

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  1. 24:17 Or frontiers
  2. 24:17 Sam reads and the skulls of; Jr 48:45
  3. 24:17 Or Sethites

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

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