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:
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Je ferai de toi une grande nation, et je te bénirai; je rendrai ton nom grand, et tu seras une source de bénédiction.
KJV
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:
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
ς καρτερᾷ (Exod. 8, 18). Τίς οὖν ἡ τετάρτη δωρεά; τὸ μεγαλώνυμον· φησὶ γάρ· „μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου“ (Gen. 12, 2). τὸ δέ ἐστιν, ὥς γ’ ἐμοὶ φαίνεται, τοιόνδε· ὥσπερ τὸ ἀγαθὸν εἶναι καὶ καλόν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι λυσιτελές. καὶ ἀμείνων μὲν δόξης ἀλήθεια, εὔδαιμον δὲ τὸ ἐξ ἀμφοῖ…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
καὶ ἀψευδῶς καὶ ἀπλάστως ἀγαθὸν εἶναι καὶ εὐλογίας ἐπάξιον τελεώτερον; „ἔσῃ“ γάρ φησιν „εὐλογητός“ (Gen. 12,2), οὐ μόνον εὐλογημένος· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ταῖς τῶν πολλῶν δόξαις τε καὶ φήμαις παραριθμεῖται, τὸ δὲ τῷ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν εὐλογητῷ. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ ἐπαινετὸν εἶναι τοῦ ἐπαινεῖσθαι διαφέ…
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
αὶ συγγένειαν ἀσθενῆ καὶ οἶκον μικρὸν καταλιπὼν κληρονομήσῃ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ θεοῦ. λέγει γὰρ αὐτῷ: Gen. 12, 1-3 Ἄπελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω: καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ…
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