Genesis

Genesis 22:17–18

17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendantse 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,f because you have obeyed My voice.”

Footnotes

  • e 22:17 Cited in Hebrews 6:14|HEB 6:14
  • f 22:18 Cited in Acts 3:25|ACT 3:25

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Genesis 22:17

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will surely bless youבָרֵ֣ךְḇā·rêḵVerb - Piel - Infinitive absoluteH1288 kneel, bless
and I will multiplyוְהַרְבָּ֨הwə·har·bāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absoluteH7235 be, or become, much, many, great
your descendantsזַרְעֲךָ֙zar·‘ă·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH2233 sowing, seed, offspring
like the starsכְּכוֹכְבֵ֣יkə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇêPreposition-k; Noun - masculine plural constructH3556 star
in the skyהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםhaš·šā·ma·yimArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH8064 sky, aloft
and the sandוְכַח֕וֹלwə·ḵa·ḥō·wlConjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2344 sand
onעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the seashoreשְׂפַ֣תśə·p̄aṯNoun - feminine singular constructH8193 lip, speech, edge
Your descendantsזַרְעֲךָ֔zar·‘ă·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH2233 sowing, seed, offspring
will possessוְיִרַ֣שׁwə·yi·rašConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularH3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
the gatesשַׁ֥עַרša·‘arNoun - masculine singular constructH8179 gate
of their enemiesאֹיְבָֽיו׃’ō·yə·ḇāwVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH341 be hostile to

Genesis 22:18

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And through your offspringבְזַרְעֲךָ֔ḇə·zar·‘ă·ḵāPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH2233 sowing, seed, offspring
allכֹּ֖לkōlNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
nationsגּוֹיֵ֣יgō·w·yêNoun - masculine plural constructH1471 nation, people
of the earthהָאָ֑רֶץhā·’ā·reṣArticle; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
will be blessedוְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּwə·hiṯ·bā·ră·ḵūConjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH1288 kneel, bless
becauseעֵ֕קֶב‘ê·qeḇConjunctionH6118 consequence
you have obeyedשָׁמַ֖עְתָּšā·ma‘·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH8085 hear
My voiceבְּקֹלִֽי׃bə·qō·lîPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH6963 sound, voice

Cross-references

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Genesis 22:17 Genesis 15:5 · Genesis 24:60 · Jeremiah 33:22 · Genesis 26:4 · Genesis 13:16 · Psalm 2:8–9 · Psalm 72:8–9 · Numbers 24:17–19 · Revelation 11:15 · Ephesians 1:3 · Deuteronomy 1:10 · Joshua 1:1–10

Genesis 22:18 Acts 3:25 · Galatians 3:16 · Genesis 12:3 · Genesis 26:4–5 · Genesis 18:18 · Galatians 3:8–9 · Jeremiah 7:23 · Psalm 72:17 · Ephesians 1:3 · Galatians 3:28–29 · Galatians 3:18 · Romans 1:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.