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Genesis 22:15-24

Genesis 22:15-24 AMP

The Angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the LORD, that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise], indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [by conquering them]. [Heb 6:13, 14; 11:12] Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.” [Gen 12:2, 3; 13:16; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; Acts 3:25, 26; Gal 3:16] So Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went with him to Beersheba; and Abraham settled in Beersheba. Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah has borne children to your brother Nahor: Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram, Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.” Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight [children] Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.