We have been blessed! - Genesis 22:18
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And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,
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Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
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That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
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And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
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Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.
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Genesis 22:15-19 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 22
In this chapter we have an account of an order given by God to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Ge 22:1,2; of his readiness to obey the will of God, he immediately preparing everything for that purpose, Ge 22:3-10, of the order being reversed, and another sacrifice substituted in its room, which occasioned the giving a new name to the place where it was done, Ge 22:11-14; upon which the promise of special blessings, of a numerous offspring, and of the seed in whom all nations should be blessed, is renewed, Ge 22:15-18; after this Abraham returns to Beersheba, where he is informed of the increase of his brother Nahor's family, Ge 22:19-24.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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