I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
-God’s Promise to Abraham, – Genesis 12:2 (NRSV)
He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
-God’s Promise to Abraham, – Genesis 15:5 (NRSV)
I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and will give to your offspring all these lands; and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
-God’s Promise to Isaac, – Genesis 26:3-5 (NRSV)
I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; 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.
-God’s Promise to Jacob, – Genesis 28:13-14 (NRSV)
