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Genesis 26:4

NETBible	I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them¹ all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.²
NIV © biblegateway Gen 26:4	I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
NASB © biblegateway Gen 26:4	"I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
NLT © biblegateway Gen 26:4	I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 26:4	I'll make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky and give them all these lands. All the nations of the Earth will get a blessing for themselves through your descendants.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 26:4	I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 26:4	I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and will give to your offspring all these lands; and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 26:4	"And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
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KJV	And I will make <07235> (0) thy seed <02233> to multiply <07235> (8689) as the stars <03556> of heaven <08064>_, and will give <05414> (8804) unto thy seed <02233> all these <0411> countries <0776>_; and in thy seed <02233> shall all the nations <01471> of the earth <0776> be blessed <01288> (8694)_;
NASB © biblegateway Gen 26:4	"I will multiply <07235> your descendants <02233> as the stars <03556> of heaven <08064> , and will give <05414> your descendants <02233> all <03605> these <0411> lands <0776> ; and by your descendants <02233> all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776> shall be blessed <01288> ;
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ plhyunw <4129> V-FAI-1S to <3588> T-ASN sperma <4690> N-ASN sou <4771> P-GS wv <3739> CONJ touv <3588> T-APM asterav <792> N-APM tou <3588> T-GSM ouranou <3772> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ dwsw <1325> V-FAI-1S tw <3588> T-DSN spermati <4690> N-DSN sou <4771> P-GS pasan <3956> A-ASF thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF tauthn <3778> D-ASF kai <2532> CONJ eneuloghyhsontai <1757> V-FPI-3P en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN spermati <4690> N-DSN sou <4771> P-GS panta <3956> A-NSN ta <3588> T-NPN eynh <1484> N-NPN thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	I will multiply <07235> your descendants <02233> so they will be as numerous as the stars <03556> in the sky <08064> , and I will give <05414> them <02233> all <03605> these lands <0411> <0776> . All <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776> will pronounce blessings <01288> on one another using the name of your descendants <02233> .
HEBREW	Urah <0776> yywg <01471> lk <03605> Kerzb <02233> wkrbthw <01288> lah <0411> turah <0776> lk <03605> ta <0853> Kerzl <02233> yttnw <05414> Mymsh <08064> ybkwkk <03556> Kerz <02233> ta <0853> ytybrhw (26:4) <07235>

NETBible

I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them¹ all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “your descendants.”

²tn Traditionally the verb is taken as passive (“will be blessed”) here, as if Abraham’s descendants were going to be a channel or source of blessing to the nations. But the Hitpael is better understood here as reflexive/reciprocal, “will bless [i.e., pronounce blessings on] themselves/one another” (see also Gen 22:18). Elsewhere the Hitpael of the verb “to bless” is used with a reflexive/reciprocal sense in Deut 29:18; Ps 72:17; Isa 65:16; Jer 4:2. Gen 12:2 predicts that Abram 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. Earlier formulations of this promise (see Gen 12:2; 18:18) use the Niphal stem. (See also Gen 28:14.)