Genesis 22:18
And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you obeyed my voice.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
In Context
19Abraham returned to his servants, and they went to Beersheba together, and he lived there.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
Genesis 22:3And so Abraham, getting up in the night, harnessed his donkey, taking with him two youths, and his son Isaac. And when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he traveled toward the place, as God had instructed him.
Genesis 26:4And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And I will give to your posterity all these regions. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
Exodus 7:6And so, Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had instructed. And so it was done.
Psalms 72:17until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
Jeremiah 7:23But on this matter I did instruct them, saying: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:16-20
Abraham's Blessing Confirmed. ( b. c. 1872.) 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord , for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 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; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of… Read the whole commentary →