Genesis 18:18
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Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?

become.

Genesis 12:2,3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. . . .

Genesis 22:17,18 I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. . . .

Genesis 26:4 And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Psalm 72:17 Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

Acts 3:25,26 You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. . . .

Galatians 3:8,14 And the scripture, foreseeing that God justifieth the Gentiles by faith, told unto Abraham before: In thee shall all nations be blessed. . . .

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:

Context
Abraham Begs for Sodom
17And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do: 18Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.…
Cross References
Acts 3:25
You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God justifieth the Gentiles by faith, told unto Abraham before: In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed, all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED.

Lexicon
Abraham
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (wə·’aḇ·rā·hām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

{will} surely
הָי֧וֹ (hā·yōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

become
יִֽהְיֶ֛ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a great
גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

and powerful
וְעָצ֑וּם (wə·‘ā·ṣūm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6099: Powerful, numerous

nation,
לְג֥וֹי (lə·ḡō·w)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and through him
ב֔וֹ (ḇōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the nations
גּוֹיֵ֥י (gō·w·yê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

of the earth
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

{will} be blessed.
וְנִ֨בְרְכוּ (wə·niḇ·rə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse


Additional Translations
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest.

Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
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