Genesis 28:14
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
נֶגֶב
negeb
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
מִשְׁפָּחָה
mishpâchâh
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →צָפוֹן tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Study H6828 →נֶגֶב negeb
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
Study H5045 →קָדִים qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Study H6921 →מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
Study H4940 →Cross References
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
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;
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robe...
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lustet...
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
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