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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 22, Verse 18

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That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
King James Version
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
American Standard Version
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
New English Translation
Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
World English Bible
In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
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So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
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And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
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Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
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And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
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And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
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And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.