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 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.

For You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’”

God also said to him,
“I am

God Almighty;

Be fruitful and multiply;

A nation and a company of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall come forth from you.

“Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?

Let me die the death of the upright,

And let my end be like his!”

It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

To the west

The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

“When the Lord your God extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire.

I say to 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

And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will curse.

And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?

In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

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;

May his name endure forever;
May his name increase

as long as the sun shines;

And let men bless themselves by him;

Let all nations call him blessed.

It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

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,

General references

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.

“If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give your fathers—

So the Lord gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

You will give

truth to Jacob

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

As He spoke to our fathers,

To Abraham and his descendants forever.”

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