The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
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Fulfilled here (this verse)Matthew 1:5
The nations blessed through Abraham arrive inside Messiah's own family tree by way of a Canaanite mother.
“Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.”
The Scripture echoes (this verse)Genesis 12:3
Paul says God announced the gospel in advance to Abraham in this very promise.
“I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.””