Cross references

Genesis 26:4

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,

Genesis 26:4 BSB

Genesis 26:4 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 3:25 (9 votes) and Genesis 12:2–3 (8 votes). 51 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 1 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Genesis 26:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Acts 3:259 votes

    And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

  2. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 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.”

  3. And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

  4. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

  5. 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.”

  6. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

  7. 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.’”

  8. 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.

  9. The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

  10. “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. …

  11. On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Which verses point to Genesis 26:4?

The 10 strongest of 51.