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.”
Genesis 12:3 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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The Scripture echoesGalatians 3:8
Paul says God announced the gospel in advance to Abraham in this very promise.
“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.””
The Scripture echoesActs 3:25
Peter names the blessing of Abraham as the covenant now fulfilled in the risen Jesus.
“You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’”
The same threadPsalms 72:17
Men shall be blessed by him and all nations call him blessed: the same promise sung in the psalms.
“His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.”
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Fulfilled here (this verse)Joshua 6:25
The promise to bless all families of the earth through Abraham's seed begins reaching Canaanites in Rahab's rescue.
“But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.”
A pattern of (this verse)Genesis 28:14
God repeats to fleeing Jacob the exact promise He gave Abraham, that all the families of the earth will be blessed in him and his seed.
“Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.”