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Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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ASV

and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

KJV

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
זַרְעֲךָ֙zar.'a.Khaoffspring yourH2233 →
כַּעֲפַ֣רka.'a.Farlike [the] dust ofH6083 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
וּפָרַצְתָּ֛u.fa.ratz.Taand you will spread outH6555 →
יָ֥מָּהYa.mahwest -wardH3220 →
וָקֵ֖דְמָהva.Ke.de.mahand east -wardH6924 →
וְצָפֹ֣נָהve.tza.Fo.nahand north -wardH6828 →
וָנֶ֑גְבָּהva.Neg.bahand south -wardH5045 →
וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּve.niv.ra.Khuand they will be blessedH1288 →
בְךָ֛ve.Khaby <the> you
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥תmish.pe.Chot[the] clans ofH4940 →
הָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.Mahthe earthH127 →
וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃u.ve.zar.'E.khaand by offspring yourH2233 →

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Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”Genesis 13:14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”Deuteronomy 12:20When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.Genesis 35:11–12And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”Deuteronomy 6:3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Isaiah 54:3For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

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