...16, 17. •р-ÛN ТП • »Э ЧУТЛК ШЛИ ПУП) By myself have 1 sworn, saith the Lord thnt in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed. aurov j xai aurov £iri та sgya TUV %eicuv "'"'• *avi°a ¿ir£Ta|ag i*oxoT(j TUV «oSuv awou'...

...called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, and said, By myself' have I sworn, satth the Lord,for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me, that in blessing I will bless tliee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the...

...till his fidelity had been displayed in this remarkable manner, that the final assurance was given; " Because thou hast done this thing, and hast " not withheld thy son, thine only son, in " blessing I will bless thee, &c.; and in thy " seed shall all the nations of the earth be...

...his inward reward shall be our's, where his Lord promises, " by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply tby seed as the stars of Heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore, and thy seed shall possess...

...this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only ion: ' That in blessing I will bless the«?, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the Leaven, and пч the sand which is upon the sea •bore ; and thy seed shall possess the ! gate of...

...shall thy seed be."' This is also repealed in the 17th verse of the 22dchapterof Genesis — "I will multiply thy seed as the STARS of the heaven, and as the sand upon the sea shore." It is here very evident that the whole firmam'ent of STARS was alluded to . and...

...thing, and hast not with- si. Luke LW. 1_ u .1 ^i • , ^ Hfb. vi. 13. held thy son, thine only son : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying...multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as 10G ** Ac 1871. 18 'And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast...

...Messiah. ' By myself have I sworn, saith tbe Lord, [who can swear by no other being than himself,] becanse thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy...thine only son ; that in blessing I will bless thee :—Thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the rarth...

...called to Abraham from heaven the second time, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah ; for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, the only son of the affianced, from me; in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply...

...Gen. xii. 6 ; faith that was in fact subjected to a very severe trial : after which God declares, " Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not " withheld thy son, thy only son, in thy seed " shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; " because thou hast obeyed...