Genesis 22:18

“And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will bless themselves, because you listened to my voice.””
Genesis 22:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Abraham is promised offspring through whom all the nations of the earth will be blessedWho Jesus Is Abraham did not withhold his only son and received the blessingObedience

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And through your offspringבְזַרְעֲךָallכֹּלthe nationsגּוֹיֵיof the earthהָאָרֶץwill bless themselves,וְהִתְבָּרֲכוּbecauseעֵקֶב אֲשֶׁרyou listenedשָׁמַעְתָּto my voice.”בְּקֹלִי

Quotation · Acts 3:25

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Peter quotes the promise to Abraham. Where Genesis 22:18 says “nations” (goyim), Acts says “families” (patriai), the word of Genesis 12:3.

Formula: λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ “saying to Abraham” (Acts 3:25)

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהִתְבָּרֲכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקֹלִי

Septuagint (Genesis 22:18-19 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματι ¶ σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀνθ’ ὦν ὑπήκουσας τῆς ἐμῆς φωνῆς. ἀπεστράφη δὲ Ἀβραὰμ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναστάντες ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου· καὶ κατῴκησεν Ἀβραὰμ ἐπὶ τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Genesis 22:18, word by word

And through your offspringזַרְעֲzara

offspring

The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.

Where else “zara” appears

the nationsגּוֹיֵיgoye

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goye” appears

of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

will bless themselvesהִתְבָּרֲכוּhitbarachu

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

Where else “hitbarachu” appears

becauseעֵקֶבekev

because

A word linking a cause to what follows: "because", "since".

Where else “ekev” appears

you listenedשָׁמַעְתָּshamata

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “shamata” appears

to my voiceקֹלִkoli

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “koli” appears

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Quotation · Acts 3:25

Peter quotes the promise to Abraham. Where Genesis 22:18 says “nations” (goyim), Acts says “families” (patriai), the word of Genesis 12:3.

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Genesis 22:18

¹⁸And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will bless themselves, because you listened to my voice.”

Acts 3:25

²⁵You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

The context

17that I will surely bless you and will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on the shore of the sea; and your offspring will possess the gate of its enemies.

18 · This verse (above)

19Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived in Beersheba.

Read all of Genesis 22

To study Genesis 22 in a group

1. What it says
What did Elohim ask of Abraham, and what provision appeared on the mountain (vv. 2, 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does this account teach about trusting Elohim and his provision (vv. 12-14)?
3. How I live it
What is hard for you to place in Elohim’s hands, and how can you talk with him about it?

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