¹⁶and said, “I swear by myself,^g declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,^h ¹⁷I will surely bless youⁱ and make your descendants^j as numerous as the stars in the sky^k and as the sand on the seashore.^l Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,^m ¹⁸and through your offspring^b all nations on earth will be blessed,^cⁿ because you have obeyed me.”^o

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Footnotes

bOr seed
cOr and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Cross references

g Ex 13:11; 32:13; 33:1; Isa 45:23; 62:8; Jer 22:5; 44:26; 49:13; 51:14; Am 6:8; Lk 1:73; Heb 6:13
hSee ver 2
iSee Ge 12:2
j Heb 6:14*
kSee Ge 15:5; Ex 32:13; Dt 7:7; 28:62
lSee Ge 12:2; See 26:24; Hos 1:10; Ro 9:27; Heb 11:12
m Ge 24:60; Est 9:2
nSee Ge 12:2, 3; Ac 3:25*; Gal 3:8*
oSee ver 10; Ge 17:2, 9; Ps 105:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and said, “By myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies. And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “I swear by myself, declares Yahweh, that because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only child, that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies. All the nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring, because you have listened to my voice.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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