¹⁸ Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.^(A)

⁴ I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed^[a] by your offspring,^(A)

¹⁴ Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth,^(A) and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.^(B)

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.^(A)[a]

⁸ Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham,^(A) saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.^(B)[a]