3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.


In Context

1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to a land that I will show thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed from Haran.

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went to go forth into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 12:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:3I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:3and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:3and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:3And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.