Genesis 26:4 (WEB)
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
Fathers and councils · 6
Justin Martyr
“For thus He speaks to Isaac: ‘And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 4.
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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““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“This same promise was made also to Isaac the son of Abraham.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 4.
Read the whole comment“That which He promised to Abraham, saying, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 4.
Read the whole comment“…the nations of the earth be blessed; because that Abraham thy father obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts, my commandments, my righteousness, and my laws.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 1–5.
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Cross-references · 8
Parallel passages
Genesis 26:4 and Exodus 32:13 share the same wording (11 words).
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Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.25.
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.