Genesis 12:3
3 aI will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and bin you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” ▼▼Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 17:4-5
4“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be dthe father of a multitude of nations. 5No longer shall your name be called Abram, ▼▼ Abram means exalted father
but fyour name shall be Abraham, ▼▼ Abraham means father of a multitude
hfor I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. Genesis 17:16
16I will bless her, and moreover, I will igive ▼▼Hebrew have given
you a son by her. I will bless her, and kshe shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” Genesis 22:17-18
17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring las the stars of heaven and mas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess nthe gate of his ▼▼Or their
enemies, 18and pin your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, qbecause you have obeyed my voice.” Genesis 28:14
14Your offspring shall be like rthe dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and syour offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Genesis 49:10
10The tscepter shall not depart from Judah,nor the ruler’s staff ufrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him; ▼
▼By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Psalms 2:8
8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,and wthe ends of the earth your possession.
Psalms 72:11
11May all kings xfall down before him,all nations serve him!
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