Genesis 28:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thy seed

To the west

Genesis 13:14

Deuteronomy 12:20

Matthew 8:11

And in thee

General references

Luke 13:29

Bible References

Thy seed

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”

God also said to him:

I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.

Who has counted the dust of Jacob
or numbered the dust clouds of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright;
let the end of my life be like theirs.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

And I heard the number of those who were sealed:

144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:

To the west

After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

And in thee

I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.

Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.”

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,

May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

General references

I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

If the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised to give them—

So the Lord gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

You will show loyalty to Jacob
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.

just as He spoke to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his descendants forever.

They will come from east and west, from north and south, and recline at the table in the kingdom of God.