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17 I will indeed bless you(A) and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky(B) and the sand on the seashore.(C) Your offspring will possess the city gates of their[a] enemies.(D) 18 And all the nations of the earth will be blessed[b] by your offspring(E) because you have obeyed my command.’

19 Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

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  1. 22:17 Lit his
  2. 22:18 Or will consider themselves blessed, or will find blessing

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

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