Genesis 26:4
and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
5because yt Abraha harkened vnto mi voyce and kepte mine ordinauces comaudmetes statutes and lawes
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge.
Genesis 13:16And I wyll make thy seed as the dust of the erth: so that yf a ma can nombre the dust of the erth than shall thy seed also be nombred.
Genesis 15:18And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:
Genesis 18:18seynge that Abraham shall be a great ad a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shalbe blessed in him?
Genesis 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
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 →