Genesis 12:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
"I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

New Living Translation
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

English Standard Version
And 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.

Berean Study Bible
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

New American Standard Bible
And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;

NASB 1995
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;

NASB 1977
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;

Amplified Bible
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

Christian Standard Bible
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Contemporary English Version
I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.

Good News Translation
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will make you a great nation, I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

International Standard Version
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.

NET Bible
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

King James 2000 Bible
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:

New Heart English Bible
And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

World English Bible
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

American King James Version
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:

American Standard Version
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;

A Faithful Version
And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

English Revised Version
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be euen a blessyng.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And I wil make of the a mightie people, and wyll blesse the, and make the a greate name, yee thou shalt be a very blessynge.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.

Young's Literal Translation
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

Smith's Literal Translation
And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall make you a great people and I shall bless you and I shall enlarge your name and it will be blessed:

Lamsa Bible
And I will make of you a great people, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
















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