Verse 17
Genesis 22:17
Young's Literal Translation
17
that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי בָרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֶכְ/ךָ֗ וְ/הַרְבָּ֨ה אַרְבֶּ֤ה אֶֽת זַרְעֲ/ךָ֙ כְּ/כוֹכְבֵ֣י הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ/כַ/ח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל שְׂפַ֣ת הַ/יָּ֑ם וְ/יִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲ/ךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָֽי/ו
English Translation
For I will bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed like the stars of heaven and like the sand that is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And it cometh to pass after these things that God (Elohim) hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, '...
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And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go...
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3
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with...
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4
On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;
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and Abraham saith unto his young men, 'Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth g...
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And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in hi...
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And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, 'My father,' and he saith, 'Here [am] I, my s...
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and Abraham saith, 'God (Elohim) doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' an...
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9
And they come in unto the place of which God (Elohim) hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth...
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10
and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.
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11
And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, 'Abraham, Abraham;' and h...
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and He saith, 'Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known...
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13
And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns...
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14
and Abraham calleth the name of that place 'Jehovah-Jireh,' because it is said this day in the mount...
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15
And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens,
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and saith, 'By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this...
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17
that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand...
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and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened t...
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19
And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abra...
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And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, 'Lo, Milcah hath bo...
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21
Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,
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and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel;
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and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham's brother;
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and his concubine, whose name [is] Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maa...
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