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Genesis 26:4

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;

KJV

Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli : daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has : et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ,

Vulgate

καὶ πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τοὺς ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ δώσω τῷ σπέρματί σου πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς·

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/הִרְבֵּיתִ֤י אֶֽת זַרְעֲ/ךָ֙ כְּ/כוֹכְבֵ֣י הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ/נָתַתִּ֣י לְ/זַרְעֲ/ךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כָּל הָ/אֲרָצֹ֖ת הָ/אֵ֑ל וְ/הִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ בְ/זַרְעֲ/ךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֔ל
'l
pronoun · 9×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
כוֹכְבֵ֥י
kvkby
noun · 36×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. What do you believe concerning the holy catholic church? A. I believe that the Son of God through his Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith. And of this community I am and always will be a living member.

Cross-references

  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • Acts 26:6 — And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
  • Deut 1:11 — (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
  • Deut 6:3 — Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk
  • Deut 9:5 — Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and
  • Deut 13:17 — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he h
  • Exod 1:7 — And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  • Exod 32:13 — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken
  • Gal 3:8 — And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
  • Gal 3:8 — And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
  • Gal 3:16 — Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
  • Gen 12:2 — 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:
  • Gen 12:2 — 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:
  • Gen 12:3 — 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.
  • Gen 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
  • Gen 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Gen 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Gen 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 17:4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
  • Gen 18:18 — Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
  • Gen 18:18 — Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
  • Gen 22:17 — 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 enem
  • Gen 22:17 — 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 enem
  • Gen 22:18 — And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
  • Gen 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the
  • Gen 47:27 — And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
  • Gen 48:4 — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
  • Heb 11:2 — For by it the elders obtained a good report.
  • Heb 11:12 — Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
  • Lev 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
  • Luke 1:55 — As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
  • Luke 1:72 — To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
  • Luke 24:27 — And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
  • Ps 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
  • Zech 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.