 | John Smith - 1812 - 286 pàgines
...I will multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies : and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed : because thou hast obeyed my voice."* The faith and obedience of Abraham... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 662 pàgines
...altar, was rewarded, not only in blessings to Abraham himself, but to his seed. Gen. xxii. 16 — 18. Thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth he blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. Here it may be said, that Abraham's... | |
 | Joseph Sutcliffe - 1814 - 206 pàgines
...multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea-shore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." The carnal nation of the Jews were hereby made an obvious type of Christ's... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 486 pàgines
...multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth he blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. Every one of which promises have... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pàgines
...admitted that she has hitherto realised only the first part of the promise the Lord gave to Abraham — "Thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." The efforts of writers in the early period of the church were chiefly... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pàgines
...multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Gen. xxii. 16—18. The words of my text, which are now before us,... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 322 pàgines
...thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashwe; and thy seed shallpossess the gate of his enemies: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because tlum hast obeyed my voice. Every one of which promises have... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 568 pàgines
...I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice." And yet the very same blessings... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pàgines
...will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. This covenant with Abraham was... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pàgines
...will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, " and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and " thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and " in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be " blessed c." The objects of the blessing here promised are the faithful children... | |
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By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 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... 
