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.
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Interpretation
God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained till the coming of Christ. From henceforward Abram and his seed are almost the only subject of the history in the Bible.