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| | |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: | | |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: |
| − | | | + | |And I will make you a great nation, |
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| | + | : and I will bless you, |
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| | + | : and you will be a blessing. |
| | + | |A more conventional poetic form. |
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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. | | |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. |
| − | | | + | |And I will bless those who bless you, |
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| | + | : And anyone who curses you I will curse, |
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| | + | :: And all the families of the land will be blessed through you." |
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| | |So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. | | |So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. |
| − | | | + | |So Abram departed, as the L<small>ORD</small> told him to. [[Lot]] went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he departed from the country of [[Haran (country)|Haran]]. |
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| | |And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. | | |And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. |
| − | | | + | |Abram took his wife [[Sarah|Sarai]], and his nephew Lot, and all the property and livestock they had gathered, and the relatives and camp followers they had acquired in Haran. They went out to go into the land of [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]], and thus they came into the land of Canaan. |
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| | |And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. | | |And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. |
| − | | | + | |Abram went through the land as far as [[Sechem]], to the great tree of Moreh. The Canaanites were then present in the land. |
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| | |And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. | | |And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. |
| − | | | + | |The L<small>ORD</small> appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." There Abram built an altar to the L<small>ORD</small>, Who appeared to him. |
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