That in blessing I will bless thee
With temporal and spiritual blessings; with the Spirit and all
his graces; with Christ and redemption, justification, and
salvation by him; and with eternal life, as the gift of God,
through him: and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the
heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea
shore:
both his natural seed, descending from him in the line of Isaac,
and his spiritual seed, both among Jews and Gentiles, that tread
in his steps; see ( Genesis
13:15 Genesis
13:16 ) ( 15:5 ) :
and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies:
"gate" for "gates", where courts of judicature were held, and
which are the security of cities and put for them, and which also
include the whole country round about: so that this phrase is
expressive of an entire jurisdiction and dominion over them; and
was literally fulfilled in the times of Joshua, David, and
Solomon; and spiritually in Christ, Abraham's principal seed,
when he destroyed Satan and his principalities and powers;
overcame the world; made an end of sin and abolished death; and
delivered his people out the hands of all their enemies; and in
all Abraham's spiritual seed, who are made more than conquerors
over them, through Christ that has loved them.