I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,
Genesis 18:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,
Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out towards the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.
Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and proclaimed the gospel in advance to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you. ,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.