Genesis 26:4

and I have multiplied your seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to your seed all these lands; and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

In Context

3sojourn in this land, and I am with you, and bless you, for to you and to your seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to your father Abraham;

5because that Abraham has listened to My voice, and keeps My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.”

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;

Genesis 15:18In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,

Genesis 18:18and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

Genesis 22:18and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed, because you have listened to My voice.”

Psalms 72:17His Name is for all time, || Before the sun is His Name continued, || And they bless themselves in Him, || All nations pronounce Him blessed.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:2-6

Removal of Isaac to Gerar. ( b. c. 1804.) 1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy… Read the whole commentary →

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