Genesis 22:17

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Genesis 22:17

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Summary

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 gate of his enemies;

In blessing

I will multiply

Shore

1 Kings 9:26

Thy seed

General references

Bible References

In blessing

And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so

you shall be a blessing;

Now may God give you of the dew of heaven,
And of the fatness of the earth,
And an abundance of grain and new wine;

May

God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

From the God of your father who helps you,
And

by the Almighty who blesses you

With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the Lord your God:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

I will multiply

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

Shore

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Thy seed

They blessed Rebekah and said to her,
“May you, our sister,

Become thousands of ten thousands,

And may your descendants possess
The gate of those who hate them.”

“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,

A scepter shall rise from Israel,

And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,

And tear down all the sons of Sheth.

then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

May he also rule from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth.

and gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

For her

wound is incurable,

For it has come to Judah;
It has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

General references

God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

“Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so

you shall be a blessing;

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

“Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac.

His

descendants will be mighty on earth;

The generation of the upright will be blessed.

You will give

truth to Jacob

And unchanging love to Abraham,
Which You swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.

The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,