The Great Promise

The Great Promise to the First Hebrew

"in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed"

Genesis 12:3

God promised Abraham (The first Hebrew) great blessings to his descendants and to the whole world

Genesis 12:1-3

1 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 - 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:
3 - 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.

Genesis 15:18

18 - In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Genesis 17:6-8

6 - And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 - And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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