Genesis 12:3
“And I will blesse them that blesse thee, and curse him, that curseth thee: and in thee shal all families of the earth be blessed.”
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Genesis 12:3 Context
1Now the LORD had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house, vnto a land that I will shew thee. 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing. 3And I will blesse them that blesse thee, and curse him, that curseth thee: and in thee shal all families of the earth be blessed. 4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken vnto him, and Lot went with him: And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeeres old when he departed out of Haran. 5And Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they went foorth to goe into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came.
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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.
- King James Version
And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you."
- World English Bible
And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible