Genesis 12:2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make…”

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

American Standard Version

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.

Darby Translation

And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

Young's Literal Translation

And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

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Cross references

“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and”

2 Samuel 7:9 Genesis 18:18 Genesis 35:11 Genesis 46:3 Genesis 26:4 Genesis 24:35

2 Samuel 7:9 · BSB

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

Genesis 18:18 · BSB

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 35:11 · BSB

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Genesis 46:3 · BSB

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Genesis 26:4 · BSB

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 24:35 · BSB

“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

“thou shalt”

Galatians 3:14 Genesis 19:29 1 Kings 1:47 Genesis 14:14–16 Genesis 28:4

Galatians 3:14 · BSB

He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Genesis 19:29 · BSB

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

1 Kings 1:47 · BSB

The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king ha…

Genesis 14:14–16 · BSB

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 28:4 · BSB

And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

Also

Genesis 17:4–6

Genesis 17:4–6 · BSB

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you. ”

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