Genesis 28:14 - The Scriptures 1998

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And your offspring shall be as [countless as] the dust or sand of the ground, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and by you and your Offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed and bless themselves. [Gen. 12:2-3; 13:16; 22:18; 26:4; Acts 3:25-26; Gal. 3:8, 16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Your descendants will become like the dust of the earth; you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. Every family of earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.

Genesis 28:14 Cross References

Genesis 12:3

“And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 13:14

And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה  said to Aḇ

Genesis 13:15

for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever.

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 18:18

since Aḇ

Genesis 22:17

that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 22:18

“And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 26:4

“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,

Genesis 32:12

“For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ”

Genesis 48:16

the Messenger who has redeemed me from all evil – bless the youths! And let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Aḇ

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations.”

2 Chronicles 1:9

“Now, יהוה  Elohim, let Your promise to 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

Isaiah 54:3

“For you shall break forth to the right and to the left, and your seed inherit the nations, and make the deserted cities inhabited.

Numbers 23:10

“Who shall count the dust of Yaʽ

Matthew 8:11

“And I say to you that many shall come from east and west, and sit down with Aḇ

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

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע  Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Messiah,

Deuteronomy 12:20

“When יהוה  your Elohim enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you eat as much meat as your being desires.

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,

Revelation 7:4

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of all the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked and saw a great crowd which no one was able to count, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands,