Bible Cross References
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Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations."
Genesis 17:4
"I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations.
Genesis 17:5
Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants."
Genesis 22:17
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
Genesis 22:18
All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants---all because you obeyed my command."
Genesis 28:14
They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 49:10
Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.
Psalm 2:8
Ask, and I will give you all the nations; the whole earth will be yours.
Psalm 72:11
All kings will bow down before him; all nations will serve him.
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Galatians 3:16-18
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Now, God made his promises to Abraham and to his descendant. The scripture does not use the plural "descendants," meaning many people, but the singular "descendant," meaning one person only, namely, Christ.
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What I mean is that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised to keep it. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, cannot break that covenant and cancel God's promise.
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For if God's gift depends on the Law, then it no longer depends on his promise. However, it was because of his promise that God gave that gift to Abraham.
Galatians 3:29-18