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Genesis 26:4

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I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants,

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You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!

This is how the Lord made an agreement with Abram that day and promised him, “I'm giving this land to your descendants. It extends from the Wadi of Egypt to the great Euphrates River,

The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”

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

That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and will spread out west and east, and north and south. Everyone on earth will be blessed by your descendants.

God Almighty bless you and may your descendants be so numerous that you become the ancestor of many nations.

I will give to you and to your descendants the land I also gave to Abraham and Isaac.”

The Israelites settled in Goshen in Egypt where they became prosperous landowners and rapidly increased in number.

David did not census the men under twenty because the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.

May his fame live forever, may it last as long as the sun. May all nations be blessed through him, and may they praise him.

Remember you swore a promise your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, telling them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and give you all the land I promised to them, and they shall own it forever.’”

I also confirmed my solemn agreement with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country where they were living as foreigners.

You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, ‘From your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Now the promises were given to Abraham, and to his son. It doesn't say, “sons” as if plural, but singular: “and to your son,” meaning Christ.

In Scripture it was foreseen that God would make right the foreigners who trusted in him. The good news is revealed to Abraham beforehand with the words, “Through you all the nations will be blessed.”

Don't take for yourselves anything that has been set apart for destruction so that the Lord won't be angry any more. He will be merciful to you, showing you compassion, and giving you many descendants as he promised to your forefathers,

It's not because you're so good or moral that you're going to take over their land. No, it's because of their wickedness that the Lord your God is driving out these nations ahead of you, to keep the promise he made to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

People who lived long ago trusted God and this is what gained them God's approval.




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