Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. And in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth."
Genesis 17:4
"I am. Behold, my covenant is with thee, that thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Genesis 22:17
that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. 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 spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken.
Psalm 2:8
Desire of me, and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the world for thy possession.
Psalm 72:11
All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service.
Through the
Galatians 3:16
To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, "in the seeds," as in many: But, "in thy seed," as in one, which is Christ.
But through
Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness which is by faith: which faith he had, yet being uncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that believe: though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also;
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Genesis 22:16
saying, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thy only son,
Galatians 4:28
Brethren, we are, after the manner of Isaac, children of promise: