Genesis 26:4 - The Scriptures 1998

“And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And I will make your descendants to multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your posterity all these lands (kingdoms); and by your Offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, or by Him bless themselves, [Gen. 22:18; Acts 3:25, 26; Gal. 3:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Common English Bible

I will give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all of these lands. All of the nations of the earth will be blessed because of your descendants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And I will give to your posterity all these regions. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 26:4 Cross References

Genesis 13:16

“And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted.

Genesis 15:18

On the same day יהוה  made a covenant with Aḇ

Genesis 15:5

And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So are your seed.”

Genesis 18:18

since Aḇ

Genesis 26:24

And יהוה  appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the Elohim of your father Aḇ

Genesis 28:14

“And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall break forth to the west and to the east, to the north and the south. And all the clans of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your seed.

Genesis 28:3

“And Ě

Genesis 35:12

“And the land which I gave Aḇ

Genesis 47:27

And Yisra’ĕ

1 Chronicles 27:23

But Dawiḏ

Psalm 72:17

Let His Name be forever, His Name continue before the sun; And let them bless themselves in Him; Let all nations call Him blessed.

Exodus 32:13

“Remember Aḇ

Exodus 6:4

“And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Kenaʽ

Acts 3:25

“You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which Elohim made with our fathers, saying to Aḇ

Galatians 3:16

But the promises were spoken to Aḇ

Galatians 3:8

And the Scripture, having foreseen that Elohim would declare right the nations by belief, announced the Good News to Aḇ

Deuteronomy 13:17

“And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your hand, so that יהוה  turns from the fierceness of His displeasure and shall show you compassion, love you and increase you, as He swore to your fathers,

Deuteronomy 9:5

“It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה  your Elohim drives them out from before you, in order to establish the word which יהוה  swore to your fathers, to Aḇ

Hebrews 11:2

For by this the elders obtained witness.