Genesis 26:4 Cross References

Genesis 26:4

4: I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Acts 3:25

  1. You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'

Galatians 3:8

  1. What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."

Genesis 15:5

  1. Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"

Genesis 22:17

  1. I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
  2. and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."

Exodus 32:13

  1. Remember your covenant with your servants--Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You swore by your own self, `I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. Yes, I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'"

Psalms 72:17

  1. May the king's name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.

Galatians 3:16

  1. God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.

Genesis 13:16

  1. And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!

Genesis 17:4

  1. "This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of not just one nation, but a multitude of nations!
  2. What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
  3. I will give you millions of descendants who will represent many nations. Kings will be among them!
  4. "I will continue this everlasting covenant between us, generation after generation. It will continue between me and your offspring forever. And I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  5. Yes, I will give all this land of Canaan to you and to your offspring forever. And I will be their God.

Genesis 18:18

  1. "For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 12:2

  1. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
  2. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Hebrews 11:2

  1. God gave his approval to people in days of old because of their faith.

Genesis 15:18

  1. So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River--
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