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The LORD Provides the Sacrifice

Genesis 22:18

In 11 translations

BSB
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”Cited in Acts 3:25
KJV
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
WEB
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
ASV
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
LSV
and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed, because you have listened to My voice.”
YLT
and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
DBY
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
DRC
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
GNV
And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
JPS
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
LXXE
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ עֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ בְּקֹלִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς, ἀνθʼ ὧν ὑπήκουσας τῆς ἐμῆς φωνῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Part of

  • The Binding of Isaac (the Akedah) God tests Abraham by asking him to offer Isaac, the son of the promise, as a burnt offering. Abraham obeys, Isaac carries the wood, and at t…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
  • Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
  • Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
  • Genesis 26:4–5I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because Abraham listened to My voice and kept…
  • Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  • Galatians 3:8–9The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
  • Jeremiah 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
  • Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  • Galatians 3:28–29There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
  • Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
  • Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
  • Romans 1:3regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
  • Hebrews 11:1–40Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. This is why the ancients were commended. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is…
  • Genesis 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
  • Genesis 22:10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
  • 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who…

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