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In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

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The 'Seed' is Christ

Commentators unanimously identify the singular "seed" as a direct reference to the Messiah, Jesus Christ. They often cite Galatians 3:16, where the Apostle Paul makes this same point. The promise that 'all the nations' would be blessed through this seed is seen as the foundation of the gospel's global mission, guaranteeing that salvation through Christ is for all people, not just one ethnic group.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Genesis 22:1–24

18th Century

Theologian

2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Genesis 22:16–18

19th Century

Preacher

For because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I wi…

John Gill

John Gill

On Genesis 22:18

17th Century

Pastor

And in your seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed ,
&c.] That is, in his one and principal seed, the Messia…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Genesis 22:15–19

17th Century

Minister

There are high declarations of God's favor to Abraham in this confirmation of the covenant with him, exceeding any he had been blessed with before.…