Genesis 22:17-24

17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b] because you have obeyed me.”
19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

Nahor’s Sons

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.”
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.

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Cross References 15

  • 1. S Genesis 12:2
  • 2. Hebrews 6:14*
  • 3. S Genesis 15:5; Exodus 32:13; Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 28:62
  • 4. S Genesis 12:2; S Genesis 26:24; Genesis 32:12; Hosea 1:10; Romans 9:27; Hebrews 11:12
  • 5. Genesis 24:60; Esther 9:2
  • 6. S Genesis 12:2,3; Acts 3:25*; Galatians 3:8*
  • 7. S ver 10; Genesis 17:2,9; Psalms 105:9
  • 8. Genesis 21:14; Genesis 26:23; Genesis 28:10
  • 9. S Genesis 11:29
  • 10. S Genesis 10:23
  • 11. Job 32:2; Jeremiah 25:23
  • 12. Genesis 24:15,47; Genesis 25:20
  • 13. Genesis 24:15
  • 14. S Genesis 11:29
  • 15. Genesis 25:6; Genesis 35:22; Genesis 36:12; Judges 8:31; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 2:22; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32; Song of Songs 6:8

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "seed"
  • [b]. Or "and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings" (see 48:20)
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