Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Hebrews 6:14

"saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." — Hebrews 6:14 (ASV)

The quotation is from Ge 22:17. “I will surely bless you” conveys the ideas of emphasis and certainty (the first of seven occurrences of “bless” [GK 2328] in this letter). Sometimes it is used of people, meaning “to invoke blessings on.” But where God is the subject, the meaning is “prosper.” Here the blessing refers to Abraham’s descendants who would form a great nation, possess the land, and in due course be the source of blessing to others.