Genesis 12:3 (WEB)
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
Catechism · 3
I Believe
“The Letter to the Hebrews, in its great eulogy of the faith of Israel's ancestors, lays special emphasis on Abraham's faith: "By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go."” — Catechism footnote: Heb 11:8; cf. Gen 12:1-4.
The Revelation of God
“"In you all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 17:5; 12:3 (LXX); cf. Gal 3:8
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“This progeny will be Christ himself,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 12:3; Gal 3:16.
Fathers and councils · 15
Irenaeus of Lyons
“So then they which be of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 5–9; Gen. xii. 3.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“The prophecy was in the following words: “And in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3.
Read the whole comment“And there is also a work of his On Emigration,and one On the life of a Wise Man made perfect in Righteousness, or On unwritten Laws;and still further the work On Giants or On the Immutability of God,and a first, second, third, fourth and fifth book On the proposition, that Dreams according to Moses are sent by God.” — editor's note: περὶ ἀποικίας: De Migratione Abrahami. Upon Gen. xii. 1–6. The work is still extant, and is given by Mangey, I. 436–472. See Schürer, p. 844.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Orth.—When He brought him out of his father’s house, and ordered him to come into Palestine, did He not say to him “I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee, and in thy seed shall all families of the earth be blessed”?” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3. The lxx. has ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοί. In Acts iii. 25, it is τῷ σπέρματί σου: in Gal. iii. 8, ἐν σοί
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Augustine of Hippo
“Read the testament which they have polluted: “In thy seed shall be blessed all nations.”” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3, xxvi. 4.
Read the whole comment“Let not them terrify you that grudge the Gentiles Gospel Grace: now hath come the Seed of Abraham, in whom are blessed all nations.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3.
Read the whole comment““They that fear Thee,” he saith, “will see me, and be glad” (ver. 74): or, as other copies have it, “will be joyful: because I have hoped in Thy word:” that is, in the things which Thou hast promised, that they may be the sons of promise, the seed of Abraham, in whom all nations are blessed.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3 and xxvi. 4.
Read the whole comment““In thy seed,” saith He, “shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3 and xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“For that hath been fulfilled which was promised to Abraham; and from these things which we see, we believe what we do not see.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3.
Read the whole comment“…name; and thou shall be blessed: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee: and in thee shall all tribes of the earth be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“…but of all nations who follow the footsteps of his faith, which began to be promised in these words, “And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3.
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Leo the Great
“And finding the promise of God who says to Abraham, “In thy seed shall all nations be blest,” to avoid all doubt as to the reference of this seed, he might have followed the Apostle when He says, “To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3.
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Jerome
“Like Abraham, you desire to leave your country and kindred, to forsake Mesopotamia and the Chaldæans, to enter into the promised land.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 1–4.
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Tertullian
The Law of Change, or Mutation, Universal. Draw we now our material from some other source, lest Punichood either blush or else grieve in the midst of Romans. To change her habit is, at all events, the stated…
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Gen. 12:3.)” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §59.
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 1:54–55 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Church History I.4.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 80.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 80.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 80.
Cited together in Church History I.4.
Cited together in Catechism §2676.
Cited together in Catechism §2676.
Cited together in Catechism §2676.
Cited together in Catechism §2676.
Cited together in Catechism §2676.
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 1:54–55 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 1:54–55 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XVI.16.
Cited together in Catechism §59.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 80.
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Catechism §145.
Cited together in Catechism §2676.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
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Acts 3:25 takes up the words of Genesis 12:3 (10 words in common).
