Genesis 12:2-3

2 ^aAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 ^bI will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and ^cin you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” ▼

▼Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

Genesis 15:5

5And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and ^enumber the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, ^f“So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 17:6

6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make ^gyou into nations, and ^hkings shall come from you.

Genesis 17:16

16I will bless her, and moreover, I will ⁱgive ▼

▼Hebrew have given

you a son by her. I will bless her, and ^kshe shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

Genesis 17:20

20As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and ^lmultiply him greatly. He ^mshall father twelve princes, and ⁿI will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 18:18

18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be ^oblessed in him?

Genesis 21:13

13And I will make ^pa nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 22:17

17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring ^qas the stars of heaven and ^ras the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess ^sthe gate of his ▼

▼Or their

enemies,

Genesis 25

Abraham’s Death and His Descendants

1Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 ^uShe bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 ^vAbraham gave all he had to Isaac. 6But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he ^wsent them away from his son Isaac, eastward ^xto the east country.

7These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years. 8Abraham ^ybreathed his last and ^zdied in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9Isaac and Ishmael ^aahis sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, 10the field ^abthat Abraham purchased from the Hittites. ^acThere Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. 11After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at ^adBeer-lahai-roi.

12These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, ^aewhom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. 13 ^afThese are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: ^agNebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and ^ahKedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15Hadad, ^aiTema, ^ajJetur, ^akNaphish, and Kedemah. 16These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, ^altwelve princes according to their tribes. 17(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He ^ambreathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) 18 ^anThey settled from Havilah to ^aoShur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled ▼

▼Hebrew fell

over against all his kinsmen.

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

19These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: ^aqAbraham fathered Isaac, 20and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, ^arthe daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of ^asPaddan-aram, ^atthe sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And ^authe Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” ▼

▼Or  why do I live?

So she went ^awto inquire of the Lord. 23And the Lord said to her,

^ax“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you ▼

▼Or  from birth

shall be divided;
^azthe one shall be stronger than the other,
^bathe older shall serve the younger.”
24When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25The first came out red, ^bball his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26Afterward his brother came out with ^bchis hand holding Esau’s heel, so ^bdhis name was called Jacob. ▼

▼ Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27When the boys grew up, Esau was ^bfa skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, ^bgdwelling in tents. 28Isaac loved Esau because ^bhhe ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

29Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. ▼

▼ Edom sounds like the Hebrew for  red

) 31Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and ^bjsold his birthright to Jacob. 34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 26:4

4 ^bkI will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And ^blin your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Genesis 28:3

3 ^bmGod Almighty ▼

▼Hebrew El Shaddai

bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 28:14

14Your offspring shall be like ^bothe dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and ^bpyour offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.