Genesis 22:18 (WEB)
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
Catechism · 2
The Virtues
“Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 17:4-8; 22:1-18.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“God commits himself by his own solemn oath to giving his beloved Son and "the promised Holy Spirit . . . [who is] the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:13-14; cf. Gen 22:17-19; Lk 1:73; Jn 3:16; Rom 8:32; Gal 3:14.
Fathers and councils · 29
Tertullian
“…we have God Himself as an adequate engager and faithful promiser, in that He promised to Abraham that “in his seed should be blest all nations of the earth;” and that out of the womb of Rebecca “two peoples and two nations were about to proceed,”—of course those of the Jews, that is, of Israel; and of the Gentiles,…” — editor's note: See Gen. xxii. 18; and comp. Gal. iii. 16, and the reference in both places.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But, “In thy Seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18
Read the whole comment“Ye saw not what was foretold and fulfilled concerning the human birth of Christ, “Behold, a Virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bear a Son;” but you see the Word of God which was foretold and fulfilled unto Abraham, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18
Read the whole comment“Because He is “the Seed of Abraham, in whom all nations shall be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“…to seek and to bring home a wife for his son, being by faith fully persuaded, that in that, so to speak, contemptible seed was contained the great Name; that is, that the Son of God was to come of the seed of Abraham, out of all the children of men; did not he, I say, cause his servant to swear unto him in this…” — editor's note: “In illâ veluti humilitate seminis esse magnitudinem Nominis.” [The promise (Gen. iii. 15) dignified the loins of Isaac (Gen. xvii. 19) as with the Incarnation…
Read the whole comment“But to Abraham is said, “In thy Seed shall be blessed all the tribes of the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Under the name of thigh, flesh is signified.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“For she is the very seed of Abraham, she is the very seed in whom all nations shall be blessed: there is the root where is borne the graffed wild olive.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“…time, in prophecy cried out, and trusted in the words of God, who was able to do what He promised, that in the seed of Abraham all nations should be blessed.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3 and xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“For to him it was said, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Is not that fulfilled which so many years before was promised to Abraham, that in his seed should all nations be blessed?” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“…world at that time; throughout the whole world, among all men, and all nations; Abraham alone to whom it was said, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed;” and what he alone believed of his own single person, is exhibited as present now to many in the multitude of his seed.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“So then the Lord even before His Passion and Glorification pointed out two people, the one to whom He had come because of the promises to the Fathers; and the other whom for His mercy’s sake He did not reject; that it might be fulfilled which had been promised to Abraham, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Now if it was said to Abraham, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed;” and they see now that in our Christ are all nations blessed, why wait they for what is already come, and fear not that which is yet to come? for our Lord Jesus…” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
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 I have quoted the words of Moses “In thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“This, I say, is the universal way for the deliverance of believers, concerning which the faithful Abraham received the divine assurance, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“He is the God from whom Abraham received the assurance, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“…shall possess by inheritance the cities of the adversaries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 15–18.
Read the whole comment“Thus it was said to Abraham, “I have set thee as the father of many nations,” though in another place it was said to him, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 5, and xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“…instances besides, as we now see in Christ the fulfillment of that which God promised to Abraham when He said, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed,” so this also shall be fulfilled which He promised to the same race, when He said by the prophet, “They that are in their sepulchres shall rise again,” and…” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Where thou hearest one name, there is one God; just as it was said of Abraham’s seed, and the Apostle Paul expounds it, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed; he said not, In seeds, as in many, but as in one, and in thy seed which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18; Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“…as Christ was concealed in him in whom all nations are blessed, as it was promised to Abraham by the Lord, saying, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment““In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“To Abraham, “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” [Gen 22:18] To David, “Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy seat.” [Ps 132:11]” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…to sit on his throne, he seeing this before spake of his resurrection,” and God says to Abraham “In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,” and Isaiah “There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of His roots; and there shall rest upon Him the spirit of wisdom…” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18
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Basil the Great
“…then God remained a priest although He did not receive the sceptre of Judah, and King of all the earth; so the blessing of Jacob was fulfilled, and in Him “shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,” and all the nations shall call the Christ blessed.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
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Leo the Great
“For hence it is that the Lord says to Abraham: “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed:” hence David, in the spirit of prophecy, sings, saying: “The Lord swore truth to David, and He shall not frustrate it: of the fruit of thy loins will I set…” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18.
Read the whole comment“It is He, in Whom the seed of Abraham is blessed by the adoption of the whole world, and the patriarch becomes the father of nations by the birth, through faith not flesh, of the sons of promise.” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. xxii. 18.
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Cross-references · 29
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.25.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5.
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:1 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:1 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in The City of God X.31.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:1 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:1 (3) (Catena Aurea).
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.