Genesis 22:18

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

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

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the chyldren of the Prophetes and of the covenaunt which God hath made vnto oure fathers sayinge to Abraham: Eve in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the erth be blessed.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 And I wyll blesse the that blesse the ad curse the that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 seynge that Abraham shall be a great ad a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shalbe blessed in him?
• Gal 3:16 : 16 To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He sayth not in the seedes as in many: but in thy sede as in one which is Christ.
• Gen 26:4-5 : 4 and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed 5 because yt Abraha harkened vnto mi voyce and kepte mine ordinauces comaudmetes statutes and lawes
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God the father of oure LORde Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hevely thynges by Chryst
• Rom 1:3 : 3 that make mension of his sonne the which was begotte of the seed of David as pertayninge to the flesshe:
• Gen 22:3 : 3 Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and sadled his asse and toke two of his meyny wyth him and Isaac his sonne: ad clove wod for the sacrifyce and rose vp and gott him to the place which God had appoynted him.
• Gen 22:10 : 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hande and toke the knyfe to haue kylled his sonne.
• Gal 3:8-9 : 8 For the seripture sawe afore honde yt God wolde iustifie the hethen thorow fayth and therfore shewed before honde glad tydinges vnto Abraham: In the shall all nacions be blessed. 9 So then they which be of fayth are blessed with faythfull Abraham.
• Gal 3:18 : 18 For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe it cometh not of promes. But God gave it vnto Abraham by promes.
• Gal 3:28-29 : 28 Now is ther no Iewe nether getyle: ther is nether bonde ner fre: ther is nether man ner woman: but ye are all one thinge in Christ Iesu. 29 Yf ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seed and heyres by promes.
• Heb 11:1-9 : 1 Fayth is a sure confidence of thynges which are hoped for and a certayntie of thynges which are not sene. 2 By it ye elders were well reported of. 3 Thorow fayth we vnderstonde that the worlde was ordeyned by the worde of god: and that thynges which are sene were made of thynges which are not sene. 4 By fayth Abell offered vnto god a more plenteous sacrifice then Cayn: by which he obteyned witnes that he was righteous god testifyinge of his gyftes: by which also he beynge deed yet speaketh. 5 By fayth was Enoch traslated yt he shuld not se deeth: nether was he founde: for God had taken him awaye. Before he was taken awaye he was reported of that he had pleased God: 6 but with out fayth it is vnpossible to please him. For he that commeth to God must beleve that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seke him. 7 By fayth Noe honored God after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene and prepared the arcke to the savinge of his houssholde thorowe the which arcke he condempned the worlde and became heyre of the rightewesnes which commeth by fayth. 8 By fayth Abraha whe he was called obeyed to goo out into a place which he shuld afterwarde receave to inheritaunce and he wet out not knowynge whether he shuld goo. 9 By fayth he removed into the londe yt was promysed him as into a straunge countre and dwelt in tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac and Iacob heyres with him of the same promes. 10 For he loked for a citie havinge a foundacio whose bylder and maker is God. 11 Thorow fayth Sara also receaved stregth to be with chylde and was delivered of a chylde when she was past age because she iudged him faythfull which had promysed. 12 And therfore spronge therof one (and of one which was as good as deed) so many in multitude as the starres of ye skye and as the sond of the see shore which is innumerable. 13 And they all dyed in fayth and receaved not the promyses: but sawe them a farre of and beleved them and saluted them: and confessed that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe. 14 They that saye soche thinges declare that they seke a coutre. 15 Also yf they had bene myndfull of that countre from whence they came oute they had leasure to have returned agayne. 16 But now they desyre a better that is to saye a hevenlye. Wherfore God is not ashamed of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie. 17 In fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac whe he was tempted and he offered him beinge his only begotten sonne which had receaved the promyses 18 of who it was sayde in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 for he cosidered that God was able to rayse vp agayne fro deeth. Wherfore receaved he him for an ensample. 20 In fayth Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concerninge thinges to come. 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a dyinge blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph and bowed him selfe towarde the toppe of his cepter. 22 By fayth Ioseph when he dyed remebred the departinge of the chyldren of Israel and gave commaundement of his bones. 23 By fayth Moses when he was borne was hid thre monethes of his father and mother be cause they sawe he was a proper chylde: nether feared they the kynges commaundemet. 24 By fayth Moses when he was great refused to be called ye sonne of Pharaos doughter 25 and chose rather to suffre adversitie wt the people of God then to enioye the pleasurs of synne for a ceason 26 and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater ryches then the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect vnto ye rewarde. 27 By fayth he forsoke Egypt and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge. For he endured even as he had sene him which is invisible. 28 Thorow fayth he ordeyned the ester lambe and the effusion of bloud lest he that destroyed the fyrst borne shuld touche them. 29 By fayth they passed thorow the reed see as by drye londe which when the Egypcians had assayed to do they were drouned. 30 By fayth the walles of Ierico fell doune after they were copased about seven dayes. 31 By fayth ye harlot Raab perisshed not with the vnbelevers whe she had receaved the spyes to lodgynge peaseably. 32 And what shall I more saye ye tyme wold be to short for me to tell of Gedeo of Barach and of Samson and of Iephthae: also of David and Samuel and of the Prophetes: 33 which thorowe fayth subdued kyngdomes wrought righteousnes obteyned the promyses stopped the mouthes of lyons 34 queched the violence of fyre escaped the edge of the swearde of weake were made stroge waxed valient in fight turned to flyght the armyes of the alientes. 35 And the wemen receaved their deed raysed to lyfe agayne. Other were racked and wolde not be delyvered that they myght receave a better resurreccion. 36 Other tasted of mockynges and scourginginges morover of bondes and presonmet: 37 were stoned were hewen a sunder were tepted were slayne with sweardes walked vppe and doune in shepes skynnes in gotes skynnes in nede tribulacio and vexacio 38 which ye worlde was not worthy of: they wadred in wildernes in moutaynes in dennes and caves of the erth. 39 And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte and receaved not the promes 40 God provydinge a better thinge for vs that they with out vs shuld not be made parfecte.