Genesis 22:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ עֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ בְּקֹלִֽי׃

Transliteration

wə-hitbārăkû in-zarʿăkā all gôyê the-ʾāreṣ ʿēqeb ʾăšer šāmaʿtā in-qôlî

Grammar Details

• *wə-hitbārăkû*: conjunction + Hithpael perfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will bless themselves
• *zarʿăkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix + preposition - in your seed/offspring
• *gôyê*: masculine plural construct noun - nations of
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land
• *ʿēqeb*: conjunction/preposition - because
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that
• *šāmaʿtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have obeyed/listened
• *qôlî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular possessive suffix + preposition - to my voice

Word Meanings

• *hitbārăkû*: will bless themselves/will be blessed/will find blessing
• *zarʿăkā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
• *gôyê*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *ʿēqeb*: because/as a consequence/as a result
• *šāmaʿtā bəqôlî*: you obeyed my voice/you listened to my voice/you heeded my voice

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed, because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because thou hast obeyed my voice.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

Referenced Verses

• Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
• Gen 26:4-5 : 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
• Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.
• Rom 1:3 : 3 Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ:
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure forever; his name shall continue as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
• Gen 22:3 : 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
• Gen 22:10 : 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
• Jer 7:23 : 23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• Heb 11:1-9 : 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,' 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command. 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians attempting to do so, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
• Gal 3:8-9 : 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.' 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
• Gal 3:18 : 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
• Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.