...that he took not on him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham ; of whom it was also predicted, that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed. " Dei nlius non angelicam, sed humanam, et quidem (secundum ptomissionera) ex Abraham! posteritate,...

...kindred, and settle in a strange land, with an assurance that his posterity*should possess it, and that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed. His faith on this occasion, which ivas counted unto him for righteousness, was an unshaken...

...to Haran, had a vision, in which the Almighty renewed the promise he had made to Abraham and Isaac, that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed, alluding to the Saviour of the world. The name of Bethel was communicated to the neighbouring...

...consolations, and feed that eternal hope which it is so much blessedness to feel. The promise to Abraham, " that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed," is an illustrious instance of this kind. It had its first and lowest fulfilment when his...

...to him that signal and evangelical promise, which he had before made to Abraham and Isaac, namely, that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed ; ie that of him should be descended the Messias, or Saviour of the world. Hereupon Jacob,...

...assurance vouchsafed to him by God, that " the blessing of Abraham" should still ultimately be his, and that " in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed." Here then, in the third place, it is asserted that this portion of the blessing ought also...

...eternal good was not his to give — and though seemingly by VOL. 1. R 186 SKETCH OF GENERAL HISTORY. accident or fraud, the blessing was pronounced on...store of servants. He digged wells for the supply of preseht need — but it does not appear that the land was his in which he digged them, since others...

...under to them. The divine promise to Abraham has been fulfilled by means of his descendants, namely, that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed. Our blessedness comes originally from God, and to him will the praise ultimately redound :...

...Cunaan for their possession, and make of them a great nation. Q. What else did God promise him? A. That in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed. Q. What did this blessing mean ? That Christ was to be born of 22 Q. How many sons had Isaac...

...to Abraham, that Sarah should have a son. Abraham, at an early period, received a promise from God, that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed. This promise was renewed to him from time to time. But between the annunciation of the promise...