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Genesis 18:18

NETBible	After all, Abraham¹ will surely become² a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another³ using his name.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 18:18	Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 18:18	since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
NLT © biblegateway Gen 18:18	"For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 18:18	Abraham is going to become a large and strong nation; all the nations of the world are going to find themselves blessed through him.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 18:18	Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 18:18	seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 18:18	"since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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KJV	Seeing that Abraham <085> shall surely become a great <01419> and mighty <06099> nation <01471>_, and all the nations <01471> of the earth <0776> shall be blessed <01288> (8738) in him?
NASB © biblegateway Gen 18:18	since Abraham <085> will surely <01961> become <01961> a great <01419> and mighty <06099> nation <01471> , and in him all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776> will be blessed <01288> ?
LXXM	abraam <11> N-PRI de <1161> PRT ginomenov <1096> V-PMPNS estai <1510> V-FMI-3S eiv <1519> PREP eynov <1484> N-ASN mega <3173> A-ASN kai <2532> CONJ polu <4183> A-ASN kai <2532> CONJ eneuloghyhsontai <1757> V-FPI-3P en <1722> PREP autw <846> D-DSM panta <3956> A-NPN ta <3588> T-NPN eynh <1484> N-NPN thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	After all, Abraham <085> will surely become <01961> <01961> a great <01419> and powerful <06099> nation <01471> , and all <03605> the nations <01471> on the earth <0776> will pronounce blessings <01288> on one another using his name.
HEBREW	Urah <0776> yywg <01471> lk <03605> wb <0> wkrbnw <01288> Mwuew <06099> lwdg <01419> ywgl <01471> hyhy <01961> wyh <01961> Mhrbaw (18:18) <085>

NETBible

After all, Abraham¹ will surely become² a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another³ using his name.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “And Abraham.” The disjunctive clause is probably causal, giving a reason why God should not hide his intentions from Abraham. One could translate, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation?”

²tn The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the finite verb that follows.

³tn Theoretically the Niphal can be translated either as passive or reflexive/reciprocal. (The Niphal of “bless” is only used in formulations of the Abrahamic covenant. See Gen 12:2; 18:18; 28:14.) Traditionally the verb is taken as passive here, as if Abram were going to be a channel or source of blessing. But in later formulations of the Abrahamic covenant (see Gen 22:18; 26:4) the Hitpael replaces this Niphal form, suggesting a translation “will bless [i.e., “pronounce blessings upon”] themselves [or “one another”].” The Hitpael of “bless” is used with a reflexive/reciprocal sense in Deut 29:18; Ps 72:17; Isa 65:16; Jer 4:2. Gen 18:18 (like 12:2) predicts that Abraham will be held up as a paradigm of divine blessing and that people will use his name in their blessing formulae. For examples of blessing formulae utilizing an individual as an example of blessing see Gen 48:20 and Ruth 4:11.