Genesis 22:18
New International Version
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

New Living Translation
And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”

English Standard Version
and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Berean Standard Bible
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

King James Bible
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

New King James Version
In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

New American Standard Bible
And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

NASB 1995
“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

NASB 1977
“And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Legacy Standard Bible
In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have listened to My voice.”

Amplified Bible
Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.”

Christian Standard Bible
And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.”

American Standard Version
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all of the people of the Earth shall be blessed in your seed, because you listened to my voice.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

Contemporary English Version
You have obeyed me, and so you and your descendants will be a blessing to all nations on earth."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.

English Revised Version
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

Good News Translation
All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants--all because you obeyed my command."

International Standard Version
Furthermore, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my command."

JPS Tanakh 1917
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

Literal Standard Version
and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed, because you have listened to My voice.”

Majority Standard Bible
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

New American Bible
and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing, because you obeyed my command.”

NET Bible
Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'"

New Revised Standard Version
and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”

New Heart English Bible
And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

Webster's Bible Translation
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: because thou hast obeyed my voice.

World English Bible
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”

Young's Literal Translation
and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Sacrifice Averted
17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. 18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” 19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.…

Cross References
Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Acts 3:25
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

Galatians 3:8
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."

Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, "and to seeds," meaning many, but "and to your seed," meaning One, who is Christ.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 18:18
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."


Treasury of Scripture

And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

And in.

Genesis 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.

Genesis 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?

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;

obeyed.

Genesis 22:3,10
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him…

Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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Genesis 22
1. Abraham is tested with the command to offer Isaac.
3. He gives proof of his faith and obedience.
11. The angel prevents him.
13. Isaac is exchanged for a ram.
14. The place is called Jehovah-jireh.
15. Abraham is again blessed.
20. The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And through your offspring
בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ (ḇə·zar·‘ă·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

nations
גּוֹיֵ֣י (gō·w·yê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

of the earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

will be blessed,
וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ (wə·hiṯ·bā·ră·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

because
עֵ֕קֶב (‘ê·qeḇ)
Conjunction
Strong's 6118: A heel, the last of anything, result, compensation, on account of

you have obeyed
שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ (šā·ma‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

My voice.”
בְּקֹלִֽי׃ (bə·qō·lî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound


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