Genesis 12:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 12:3

Promises to Abram

1 Now the ^aLord had said to Abram:
“Get ^bout of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.

2 ^aI will make you a great nation;
^bI will bless you
And make your name great;
^cAnd you shall be a blessing.

3 ^aI will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in ^byou all the families of the earth shall be ^cblessed.”

4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and ^athe people whom they had acquired in ^bHaran, and they ^cdeparted to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

6 Abram ^apassed through the land to the place of Shechem, ^bas far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. ^cAnd the Canaanites were then in the land.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 12:3

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses {or} uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families {and} kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves].

Contemporary English Version
I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.

Darby English 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.

Good News Bible
I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations."

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.

New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."

New King James Version
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
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 receive blessings."

Revised Standard Version
I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

New English Translation
I will bless those who bless you,¹ but the one who treats you lightly² I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another³ by your name.”

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