Verse 17
Genesis 22:17
Noah Webster Bible
17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and thy seed shall 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 came to pass after these things, that God (Elohim) tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham:...
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And he said, Take now thy son, thy only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of Moriah;...
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And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him,...
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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And Abraham said to his young men, Abide you here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and...
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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fir...
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And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he s...
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And Abraham said, My son, God (Elohim) will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: so they wen...
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And they came to the place which God (Elohim) had named to him; and Abraham built an altar there, an...
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10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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11
And the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here a...
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12
And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing to him: for now I know that th...
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13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his...
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14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of...
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15
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven the second time,
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And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast no...
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17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heav...
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And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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19
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwe...
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20
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hat...
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21
Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
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22
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
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And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah bore to Nahor Abraham's brother.
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And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
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