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Genesis 22:17

“I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.”
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15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

16Saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

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