Genesis 22:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

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

I will multiply

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars -- if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.'"

Shore

King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

Thy seed

They blessed Rebekah with these words: "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies."

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not close at hand. A star will march forth out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab, and the heads of all the sons of Sheth.

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.

May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

You kept the promise that you swore on oath to their ancestors. You gave them a land flowing with milk and honey.

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

For Samaria's disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, 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 for ever and ever."

General references

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."

"Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants