I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:
Genesis 18:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through him and shall bless themselves by him? [Gen. 12:2-3.] American Standard Version (1901) seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Common English Bible Abraham will certainly become a great populous nation, and all the earth’s nations will be blessed because of him. Catholic Public Domain Version since he will become a great and very robust nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed? |
I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:
and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.
May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,