Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

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In The King James Version

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

In Context

1Now Adonai said to Avram [Exalted father], “Leave + 12:1. Quoted in Heb 11:8 your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. + 12:1. Quoted in Acts 7:3

3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. + 12:3. MP: Descendant of Abraham - “By you all the nations of the earth (the Gentiles, non-Jews) will be blessed.” (Luke 24:47; Gal 3:16) All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” + 12:3. Quoted in Gal 3:8

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Cross References

Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

Genesis 15:5Adonai brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, + 15:5. Quoted in Heb 11:12 if you are able to count them.” He said to Avram [Exalted father], “So will your offspring be.” + 15:5. Quoted in Rom 4:18

Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael [Pays attention God], I have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 19:29When God destroyed the 'Ieyr HaKikar [Cities of the Round], God remembered Abraham [Father of a multitude], and sent Lot [Veil, Covering] out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot [Veil, Covering] lived.

Genesis 22:18+ 22:18. MP: The promised “seed” in which all nations will be blessed comes through Abraham. (Matt 1:1-2; Luke 3:34; Gal 3:16) By your offspring, + 22:18. Quoted in Gal 3:8; 3:16 all the nations of the earth will be blessed + 22:18. Quoted in Acts 3:25 because you have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· my voice.”

Genesis 24:35Adonai has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:2-4

The Call of Abram. ( b. c. 1921.) 1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity… Read the whole commentary →

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