Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. New Living Translation “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. English Standard Version seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Berean Study Bible Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed. King James Bible Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? New King James Version since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? New American Standard Bible since Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? NASB 1995 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? NASB 1977 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? Amplified Bible since Abraham is destined to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him? Christian Standard Bible Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. American Standard Version seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abraham is going to be for a great people and many, and all of the nations of the Earth shall be blessed in him? Brenton Septuagint Translation But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest. Contemporary English Version since his family will become a great and powerful nation that will be a blessing to all the other nations on earth. Douay-Rheims Bible Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed? Good News Translation His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations. International Standard Version "since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him? JPS Tanakh 1917 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Literal Standard Version and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth? New American Bible now that he is to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him? NET Bible After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name. New Revised Standard Version seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? New Heart English Bible seeing that Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him? World English Bible since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him? Young's Literal Translation and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth? Additional Translations ... Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…17And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”… Cross References Acts 3:25 And 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.' Galatians 3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." Genesis 12:2 I 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 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you." Genesis 22:18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." 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. Treasury of Scripture Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? become. Genesis 12:2,3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: … Genesis 22:17,18 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; … Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Verse 18. - Seeing that Abraham shall surely become (literally, becoming shall become) a great and mighty nation (cf. Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:4-6), and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? The import of Jehovah's self-interrogation was, that since Abraham had already been promoted to so distinguished a position, not only was there no sufficient reason why the Divine purpose concerning Sodom should be concealed from him, but, on the contrary, the gracious footing of intimacy which subsisted between himself and his humble friend almost necessitated some sort of friendly communication on the subject, and all the more for the reason next appended. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Abrahamוְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (wə·’aḇ·rā·hām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation {will} surely הָי֧וֹ (hā·yōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be become יִֽהְיֶ֛ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a great גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent and powerful וְעָצ֑וּם (wə·‘ā·ṣūm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6099: Powerful, numerous nation, לְג֥וֹי (lə·ḡō·w) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 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 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations גּוֹיֵ֥י (gō·w·yê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 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 776: Earth, land {will} be blessed. וְנִ֨בְרְכוּ (wə·niḇ·rə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse Jump to Previous Abraham Bless Blessed Blessing Earth Great Indeed Mighty Nation Nations Powerful Strong Surely Themselves UsedJump to Next Abraham Bless Blessed Blessing Earth Great Indeed Mighty Nation Nations Powerful Strong Surely Themselves UsedLinks Genesis 18:18 NIVGenesis 18:18 NLT Genesis 18:18 ESV Genesis 18:18 NASB Genesis 18:18 KJV Genesis 18:18 BibleApps.com Genesis 18:18 Biblia Paralela Genesis 18:18 Chinese Bible Genesis 18:18 French Bible Genesis 18:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 18:18 Seeing that Abraham has surely become (Gen. Ge Gn) |
   
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