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'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Now, you promised me that "I'm certainly going to cause things to go well with you, and I'm going to make your offspring as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'"

So God called his name Israel and also told him, "I am God Almighty. You are to be fruitful and multiply. You will become a nation in fact, an assembly of nations! Kings will come from you they'll emerge from your own loins!

Who can count the dust of Jacob? Who can number the dust of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may I end up like him."

You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, "Through your descendant all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000. Those who were sealed were from every tribe of Israel:

To the west

After Lot had separated from Abram, the LORD told Abram, "Look off to the north, south, east, and west from where you're living,

When the LORD your God enlarges your territory just as he told you and you say "I want to eat meat' since you desire to eat it, you may do so as much as you please.

I tell all of you, many will come from east and west and will feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom from heaven.

And in thee

I'll bless those who bless you, but I'll curse the one who curses you, and through you all the people of the earth will be blessed."

"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?

Furthermore, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my command."

I'll cause you to have as many descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I'll certainly give all these lands to your descendants. Later on, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will bless one another.

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, "Through your descendant all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

General references

I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.

I'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

"Now if the LORD enlarges your territories just as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land that he promised,

So the LORD gave all of the land to Israel that he had promised to give their ancestors, and they took possession and settled there in it.

You will remain true to Jacob, and merciful to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

according to the promise he made to our ancestors to Abraham and his descendants forever."

People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.