Genesis 12:3

And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

4And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:18And + 22:18 Acts 3. 25. in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

Genesis 26:29that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.

Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 30:30For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee + 30:30 So A. V. but Gr. and Heb. literally, at my foot.since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?

Exodus 23:22If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

Psalms 72:17until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:2-4

The Call of Abram. ( b. c. 1921.) 1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 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. We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity… Read the whole commentary →

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