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All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. <a href="/nlt/genesis/28.htm">New Living Translation</a> Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. <a href="/esv/genesis/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. <a href="/kjv/genesis/28.htm">King James Bible</a> And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/28.htm">New King James Version</a> Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/nasb/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Your descendants shall also be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/lsb/genesis/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And your seed will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. <a href="/amp/genesis/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your descendants. <a href="/csb/genesis/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, 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. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, 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. <a href="/asv/genesis/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/cev/genesis/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your descendants will spread over the earth in all directions and will become as numerous as the specks of dust. Your family will be a blessing to all people. <a href="/erv/genesis/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/gwt/genesis/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed. <a href="/gnt/genesis/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations. <a href="/isv/genesis/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. <a href="/msb/genesis/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. <a href="/net/genesis/28.htm">NET Bible</a> Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants. <a href="/nheb/genesis/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Your descendants will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And through you and through your descendants will all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/wbt/genesis/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/web/genesis/28.htm">World English Bible</a> Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and your seed has been as the dust of the land, and you have broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you and in your seed. <a href="/ylt/genesis/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed. <a href="/slt/genesis/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And thy seed was as the dust of the earth, And thou didst spread abroad to the sea and east, and north, and south: and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed, and in thy seed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed. <a href="/nabre/genesis/28.htm">New American Bible</a> Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and through them you will spread to the west and the east, to the north and the south. In you and your descendants all the families of the earth will find blessing. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And your descendants shall be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the east and to the west and to the north and to the south; and in you and through your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And your seed will be as the dust of the Earth and you will multiply to the East and to the West and to the North and to the South, and in you and in your seed all the generations of the Earth will be blessed.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <a href="/sep/genesis/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed. <a href="/parallel/genesis/28-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6837" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">Jacob's Ladder</a> …13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. 14<a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘ă·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">Your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: ka·‘ă·p̄ar (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">like the dust</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6555.htm" title="6555: ū·p̄ā·raṣ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To break through. A primitive root; to break out.">and you will spread out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yām·māh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">to the west</a> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924: wā·qê·ḏə·māh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- The front, of place, time. Or qedmah; from qadam; the front, of place or time; often used adverbially.">and east</a> <a href="/hebrew/6828.htm" title="6828: wə·ṣā·p̄ō·nāh (Conj-w:: N-fs:: 3fs) -- North. Or tsaphon; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter.">and north</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: wā·neḡ·bāh (Conj-w:: N-ms:: 3fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">and south.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: miš·pə·ḥōṯ (N-fpc) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">the families</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: wə·niḇ·ră·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">will be blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">through you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ū·ḇə·zar·‘e·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">and your offspring.</a> 15Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a> I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17-18</a> I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Genesis 26:4</a> I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11-12</a> And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. / The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” <a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a> The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his. <a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Exodus 32:13</a> Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10</a> The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a> Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. <a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">1 Kings 4:20</a> The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. <a href="/psalms/72-17.htm">Psalm 72:17</a> May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed. <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. / And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a> He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” <a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Jeremiah 33:22</a> As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.” <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a> Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ <a href="/zechariah/8-13.htm">Zechariah 8:13</a> As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.thy seed.<a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a> And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.<a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a> And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.<a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11,12</a> And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; … spread abroad.<a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Genesis 13:14</a> And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:<a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Deuteronomy 12:20</a> When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.<a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Matthew 8:11</a> And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.and in thee.<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a> And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.<a href="/genesis/18-18.htm">Genesis 18:18</a> Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?<a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Genesis 22:18</a> And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/genesis/28-3.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/27-40.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/genesis/24-65.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/26-15.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">East</a> <a href="/genesis/25-6.htm">Eastward</a> <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Families</a> <a href="/genesis/25-26.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/24-52.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/14-15.htm">North</a> <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Northward</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/28-3.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">South</a> <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Southward</a> <a href="/genesis/10-32.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">West</a> <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Westward</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/1-12.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/genesis/30-27.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/30-13.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/30-30.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/38-29.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/genesis/37-26.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/exodus/8-16.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/genesis/33-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">East</a> <a href="/exodus/27-13.htm">Eastward</a> <a href="/genesis/36-40.htm">Families</a> <a href="/genesis/30-30.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/28-15.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/exodus/26-20.htm">North</a> <a href="/exodus/40-22.htm">Northward</a> <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/exodus/26-18.htm">South</a> <a href="/exodus/26-18.htm">Southward</a> <a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">West</a> <a href="/exodus/26-22.htm">Westward</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 28</div>1. <a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.</a> 10. <a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">The stone of Bethel.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Jacob's vow.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of dust suggests not only vast numbers but also a connection to the earth, emphasizing the physical and tangible nature of God's promise. This promise is foundational to the identity of Israel as a nation and reflects God's faithfulness in fulfilling His covenant promises.and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south This part of the promise indicates the expansive growth and influence of Jacob's descendants. It suggests a geographical spread that encompasses all directions, symbolizing the future territorial expansion of Israel. Historically, this can be seen in the eventual settlement of the tribes of Israel across the Promised Land. Theologically, it points to the influence of Israel and its spiritual legacy, which extends beyond physical borders, impacting nations worldwide.All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring This phrase is a reiteration of the Abrahamic covenant found in <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>, highlighting the universal scope of God's plan. It points to the ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, a descendant of Jacob, through whom salvation and blessing are extended to all nations. This promise underscores the role of Israel as a conduit of divine blessing to the world, culminating in the New Testament revelation of the Gospel, which is for all people, Jew and Gentile alike.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> The grandson of Abraham and son of Isaac, Jacob is the recipient of God's promise in this passage. He is on a journey to Haran to find a wife from his mother's family. 2. <a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a> The place where Jacob has his dream of the ladder reaching to heaven. It becomes a significant location for Jacob, marking a spiritual encounter with God. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant.htm">God's Covenant</a> This event is a reaffirmation of the covenant God made with Abraham, now being passed to Jacob, ensuring the continuation of God's promises through his lineage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> God's promises are enduring and reliable. Just as He was faithful to Abraham and Isaac, He remains faithful to Jacob, and by extension, to us. <a href="/topical/t/the_scope_of_god's_blessing.htm">The Scope of God's Blessing</a> The promise to Jacob extends beyond personal blessing to a global impact, reminding us that God's plans often have far-reaching implications beyond our immediate circumstances. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_heritage.htm">Spiritual Heritage</a> As spiritual descendants of Abraham through faith in Christ, believers are part of this promise, called to be a blessing to others. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a> Jacob's life shows that God's promises may take time to unfold, encouraging us to trust in His timing and sovereignty.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, - promised to Abraham, <a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a>; to Isaac, under a different emblem, <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Genesis 26:4</a> - and thou shalt spread abroad (literally, break forth) to the west, and to the east, to the north, and to the south: - (cf. <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Genesis 13:14</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Deuteronomy 12:20</a>). In its ultimate significance this points to the world-wide universality of the kingdom of Christ (Murphy) - and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed (vide <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>; <a href="/genesis/18-18.htm">Genesis 18:18</a>; <a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Genesis 22:18</a> (Abraham); 26:4 (Isaac). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/28-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your descendants זַרְעֲךָ֙ (zar·‘ă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity will be וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be like the dust כַּעֲפַ֣ר (ka·‘ă·p̄ar) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> Dust, clay, earth, mud of the earth, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and you will spread out וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ (ū·p̄ā·raṣ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6555.htm">Strong's 6555: </a> To break through to the west יָ֥מָּה (yām·māh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin and east וָקֵ֖דְמָה (wā·qê·ḏə·māh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm">Strong's 6924: </a> The front, of place, time and north וְצָפֹ֣נָה (wə·ṣā·p̄ō·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6828.htm">Strong's 6828: </a> Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter and south. וָנֶ֑גְבָּה (wā·neḡ·bāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> South country, the Negeb, south All כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the families מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת (miš·pə·ḥōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people of the earth הָאֲדָמָ֖ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land will be blessed וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ (wə·niḇ·ră·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse through you בְךָ֛ (ḇə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> and your offspring. וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ (ū·ḇə·zar·‘e·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">OT Law: Genesis 28:14 Your seed will be as the dust (Gen. 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