I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven. And I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants, [152] every nation on earth will be blessed.
Genesis 18:18 - Easy To Read Version Abraham will become a great and powerful nation. And all the people on earth will be blessed because of 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 family as many as the stars of heaven. And I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants, [152] every nation on earth will be blessed.
You will have many, many descendants. [163] They will be as many as the pieces of dust on earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.
May the king be famous forever.\par May people remember his name\par as long as the sun shines.\par May the people be blessed by him.\par And may they all bless him.\par
Christ did this so that God’s blessing could be given to all people. God promised this blessing to Abraham. The blessing comes through Jesus Christ. \{Christ died\} so that we could have the Spirit {\cf2\super [34]} that God promised. We receive this promise by believing.
The Scriptures told what would happen in the future. These writings said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. God told this Good News {\cf2\super [26]} to Abraham before it happened. God said to Abraham, “I will use you to bless all the people on earth.” {\cf2\super [27]}
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in heaven.