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NASB					Gen 28:14 "Your ¹descendants²²³³ will also be like ^Athe dust⁶⁰⁸³ of the earth⁷⁷⁶, and you will ²spread⁶⁵⁵⁵ out ^Bto the west³²²⁰ and to the east^6924b and to the north⁶⁸²⁸ and to the south⁵⁰⁴⁵; and ^Cin you and in your ¹descendants²²³³ shall all³⁶⁰⁵ the families⁴⁹⁴⁰ of the earth¹²⁷ be blessed¹²⁸⁸.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 28:14 "Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your ¹descendants. [Gen 12:2, 3; 13:16; 22:18; 26:4; Acts 3:25, 26; Gal 3:8, 16]

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Lit seed

Lit break through

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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I.e. Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is a descendant of Jacob.

NASB Cross References:
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Gen 13:16 "I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

Gen 13:14 ¶ The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

Gen 12:3 And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

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Greek Heb.

127

adamah (9c); from the same as 120; ground, land:--country(1), dirt(1), dust(3), earth(32), farming*(1), fields(1), ground(64), land(112), lands(2), soil(7).

776

erets (75d); a prim. root; earth, land:--common(1), countries(15), countries and their lands(1), country(44), countryside(1), distance*(3), dust(1), earth(655), earth the ground(1), earth's(1), fail*(1), floor(1), ground(119), land(1581), lands(57), lands have their land(2), open(1), other*(2), piece(1), plateau*(1), region(1), territories(1), wild(1), world(3).

1288

barak (138c); a prim. root; to kneel, bless:--abundantly bless(1), actually blessed(1), bless(111), bless is blessed(1), bless me indeed(1), bless them at all(1), blessed(167), blessed be those who bless(1), blessed is everyone who blesses(1), blesses(10), blessing(1), boast(1), congratulates(1), curse(3), cursed(3), curses(1), greatly bless(1), greet(2), greeted(1), had to bless(1), kneel(1), kneel down(1), knelt(1), persisted in blessing(1), pronounce blessing(1), salute(1), salutes(1), surely bless(1), thanked(1).

2233

zera (282a); from 2232; a sowing, seed, offspring:--carnally*(1), child(1), children(3), descendant(3), descendants(105), descent(1), family(6), fertile(1), grain(3), intercourse*(2), line(1), nation(1), offspring(38), offspring's offspring(1), origin(1), posterity(1), race(1), seed(48), seedtime(1), seminal(4), seminal*(1), son*(1), time(1), what you sow(1).

3220

yam (410d); of unc. der.; sea:--red*(24), sea(278), seacoast*(5), seas(27), seashore(1), seashore*(9), south(1), west(59), west side(4), western(1), westward(12).

3605

kol or
kol (481a); from 3634; the whole, all:--all(4045), all for every(2), all his and every(1), all his everything(1), all its the entire(1), all the and every(1), all the of every(1), all the everywhere(1), all the throughout(1), all your concerning everything(1), all your to every(1), all your throughout(1), all men(2), all these(1), all things(11), altogether(1), always*(15), annually*(2), any(176), any or by all(2), any*(5), anyone(12), anyone*(2), anything(31), anything*(6), anywhere(3), anywhere*(1), both(2), complete(2), completely(5), continually*(15), countryside*(1), during(1), each(4), each one(1), each*(1), earnestly*(1), else(1), entire(16), entirely(1), every(366), every and everyone(1), every in all(1), every of all(4), every of any(1), every pertaining to all(1), every man(1), every one(1), every one(12), every thing(1), every way(1), everyone(96), everyone's(3), everyone*(3), everything(52), everything*(4), everywhere(2), everywhere*(2), far(1), farthest(1), forever*(10), full(2), gaping(1), health*(1), just*(6), life*(1), lifetime*(1), long*(9), mere(1), much(1), no one(1), no*(33), none*(13), nothing*(12), one(3), only(1), perpetually*(2), plenty(1), something*(1), there is everywhere(1), throughout(20), throughout and all(1), throughout the whole(1), throughout all(1), throughout*(1), total(6), totally(2), utter(1), variety(1), whatever(24), whatever*(40), whenever(4), wherever*(20), whoever(45), whoever then any(1), whoever*(6), whoever...any(3), whole(125), whole and let all(1), whole and all(3), wholehearted*(1), wholly(2), whomever*(3).

4940

mishpachah (1046c); from the same as 8198; a clan:--clan(1), every family(3), families(170), family(120), kinds(1), relatives(4), tribes(1).

5045

negeb (616a); from an unused word; south country, the Negeb, south:--Negev(36), South(11), south(45), south side(2), south*(3), southeast*(1), southern(2), southward(9).

6083

aphar (779c); from an unused word; dry earth, dust:--ashes(2), debris(2), dirt(1), dry soil(1), dust(91), dusty(1), earth(5), ground(1), heap(2), loose earth(1), plaster(3), rubbish(1), rubble(1).
aphrah; see 1036.

6555

parats (829b); a prim. root; to break through:--became...prosperous(1), breaches(1), break(2), break their down(1), break down(1), break forth(1), breaker(1), breaking away(1), breaks through(2), broke(1), broke down(1), broken(3), broken down(5), broken through(2), destroyed(1), distributed(1), employ violence(1), everywhere(1), increase(1), increased(3), infrequent*(1), made(1), made an outburst(1), outburst*(2), overflow(1), sinks(1), spread(3), spread abroad(1), tear down(1), through(1), tore down(2), urged(4).

6828

tsaphon (860d); from 6845; north:--North(8), north(125), north side(7), northern(1), northward(11).

6924b

qedem (870a); from the same as 6924a; eastward, toward the east:--east(9), east side(2), east*(2), eastern(1), eastward(10), side(1), southeast*(1).

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