Genesis 12:2

New International Version

²“I will make you into a great nation,^(A)
and I will bless you;^(B)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.^[a]^(C)

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Genesis 12:2 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 28:3-12

New International Version

³You will be blessed^(A) in the city and blessed in the country.^(B)

⁴The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.^(C)

⁵Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

⁶You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.^(D)

⁷The Lord will grant that the enemies^(E) who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.^(F)

⁸The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless^(G) you in the land he is giving you.

⁹The Lord will establish you as his holy people,^(H) as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands^(I) of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. ¹⁰Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name^(J) of the Lord, and they will fear you. ¹¹The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock^(K) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.^(L)

¹²The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse^(M) of his bounty,^(N) to send rain^(O) on your land in season and to bless^(P) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.^(Q)