Genesis 22:18
Read Genesis 22:18 Using Other Translations
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”
What does Genesis 22:18 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Genesis 22:18
FOOTNOTES:
F15 in him; or, "account themselves blessed"; apply to him for blessings, claim their interest in them, and glory in them, and make their boast of them: because thou hast obeyed my voice;
in taking his son and offering him up unto him, as much as he was permitted to do; and thus honouring God by his obedience to him, he of his grace and goodness honours him with the promise of being the father of multitudes, both in a literal and spiritual sense, and with being the ancestor of the Messiah, in whom all the blessings of grace and goodness meet.
F15 (wkrbth) "benedicent se", Munster; to the same purpose Vatablus, Tigurine version, Piscator.
And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be
blessed,
&c.] That is, in his one and principal seed, the Messiah,
that should spring from him, ( Galatians
3:16 ) , in whom all the elect of God, of all nations under
the heavens, are blessed with all spiritual blessings, with
peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life, with grace here
and glory hereafter; (See Gill on Genesis
12:3); or, "shall bless themselves"
F15 in him; or, "account themselves blessed"; apply to him for blessings, claim their interest in them, and glory in them, and make their boast of them: because thou hast obeyed my voice;
in taking his son and offering him up unto him, as much as he was permitted to do; and thus honouring God by his obedience to him, he of his grace and goodness honours him with the promise of being the father of multitudes, both in a literal and spiritual sense, and with being the ancestor of the Messiah, in whom all the blessings of grace and goodness meet.
F15 (wkrbth) "benedicent se", Munster; to the same purpose Vatablus, Tigurine version, Piscator.
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