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Genesis 28:14

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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 earth be blessed.

And thy seed {H2233} shall be as the dust {H6083} of the earth {H776}, and thou shalt spread abroad {H6555} to the west {H3220}, and to the east {H6924}, and to the north {H6828}, and to the south {H5045}: and in thee and in thy seed {H2233} shall all the families {H4940} of the earth {H127} be blessed {H1288}.

Your descendants will be as numerous as the grains of dust on the earth. You will expand to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. By you and your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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 earth be blessed.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 12:3 (10 votes)

    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 26:4 (7 votes)

    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;

  • Genesis 22:18 (6 votes)

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

  • Genesis 13:14 (6 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

  • Genesis 13:16 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 18:18 (6 votes)

    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Acts 3:25 (6 votes)

    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.