John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed ,.... That is, in his one and principal seed, the Messiah, that should spring from him, Galatians 3:16 , in whom all the elect of God, of all nations under the heavens, are blessed with all spiritual blessings, with peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life, with grace here and glory hereafter; See Gill on Genesis 12:3 ; or, "shall bless themselves" F15 התברכו "benedicent se", Munster; to the same purpose Vatablus,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee ,.... With temporal and spiritual blessings; with the Spirit and all his graces; with Christ and redemption, justification, and salvation by him; and with eternal life, as the gift of God, through him: and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore : both his natural seed, descending from him in the line of Isaac, and his spiritual seed, both among Jews and Gentiles, that tread in... read more