Romans 4:13

The promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law but through righteousness by faith.

Galatians 3:29

If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

Genesis 17:4-6

This is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you. I will curse whoever curses you. All the people on earth will be blessed through you.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.

Genesis 22:17-18

I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.

Genesis 49:10

The royal scepter shall not depart from Judah. His descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. This, until Shiloh comes and all will obey him.

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

Psalm 72:11

Yes, all kings will bow down before him. All nations will serve him.

Romans 9:8

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as seed.

Galatians 3:16-18

The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He did not say to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ.

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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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For the

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you. I will curse whoever curses you. All the people on earth will be blessed through you.
Genesis 17:4
This is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
Genesis 22:17
I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities.
Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.
Genesis 49:10
The royal scepter shall not depart from Judah. His descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. This, until Shiloh comes and all will obey him.
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 72:11
Yes, all kings will bow down before him. All nations will serve him.

Through the

Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He did not say to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ.

But through

Romans 4:11
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was not circumcised. That way he could be the father of all those who believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness might be counted to them.

General references

Genesis 22:16
He said: I am taking an oath on my own name, declares Jehovah, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son,
Galatians 4:28
Brothers, we are children who belong to the promise, the same as Isaac was.