Genesis 26:4

4 "¹I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and ²by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

Genesis 26:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:4

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
&c.] Meaning in the line of Jacob especially, if not only; from whom sprung twelve patriarchs, the heads of so many tribes, which in process of time became very numerous, even as the stars of heaven: and I will give unto thy seed all these countries;
which is repeated from ( Genesis 26:3 ) for the greater confirmation of it: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
meaning in the Messiah that should spring from him, see ( Genesis 22:18 ) .

Genesis 26:4 In-Context

2 The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you.

3 "Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

4 "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

5 because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws."

6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Exodus 32:13
• 2. Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:8

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "seed"
• [b] Lit "seed"
• [c] Lit "seed"
• [d] Or "bless themselves"