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16 and said, "By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies,
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I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
18 and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice."
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and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
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