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Genesis 22:18

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16 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

20 Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
KJV
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
WEB
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
ASV
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because thou hast obeyed my voice.
DARBY
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
BLB
And in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have listened to My voice.”
ÅB
og i dine etterkommere skal alle jordens folk velsignes, fordi du lød mitt ord.
OTB
og gjennom din ætt skal alle jordens nasjoner bli velsignet, fordi du har adlydt min røst.»
B1930
og i din ætt skal alle jordens folk velsignes, fordi du lød mitt ord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 3:25

    And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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  • Galatians 3:16

    The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

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  • Genesis 12:3

    I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

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  • Genesis 26:4–5

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

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  • Genesis 18:18

    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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  • Galatians 3:8–9

    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

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  • Jeremiah 7:23

    but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

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  • Psalms 72:17

    May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

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