Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 12:3
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I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
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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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I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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Genesis 12
1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
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