Genesis 12:2-3
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Genesis 12
- John Gill - Exposition - Genesis 12:2
- John Gill - Exposition - Genesis 12:3
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Genesis 12
Genesis 12:2-3. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
There, you see, was the missionary character of the seed of Abraham, if they had but recognized it. God did not bless them for themselves alone, but for all nations: "In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."