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# I will multiply your descendants
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"I will cause you to have very many descendants."
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# like the stars of heaven
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This speaks about the number of Isaac's descendants as if they were the same as the number of stars. See how you translated this in Genesis 22:17.
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# heaven
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This refers to everything we see above the earth, including the sun, moon, and stars.
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# all the nations of the earth will be blessed
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"I will bless all the nations of the earth"
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