Romans 4:13

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Galatians 3:29

And if ye are Christ's, then ye are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.

Genesis 17:4-6

Behold my covenant with thee: Thou shalt be a father of many Gentiles.

Genesis 12:3

And I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and give thee a son also of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of Gentiles; kings of peoples shall be of her.

Genesis 22:17-18

that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies;

Genesis 28:14

and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt multiply to the west and to the east and to the Aquilon and to the Negev; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre shall not be taken from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the Gentiles for thine inheritance and unto the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Psalm 72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all Gentiles shall serve him.

Romans 9:8

That is, Those who are sons of the flesh, these are not the sons of God; but those who are sons of the promise are counted in the generation.

Galatians 3:16-18

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He did not say, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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Genesis 12:3
And I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 17:4
Behold my covenant with thee: Thou shalt be a father of many Gentiles.
Genesis 22:17
that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies;
Genesis 28:14
and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt multiply to the west and to the east and to the Aquilon and to the Negev; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not be taken from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the Gentiles for thine inheritance and unto the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalm 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all Gentiles shall serve him.

Through the

Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He did not say, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

But through

Romans 4:11
And he received the circumcision as a sign, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised believers, that it might be counted unto them also as righteousness,

General references

Genesis 22:16
and said, By myself I have sworn, said the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son;
Galatians 4:28
So that we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.