Genesis 22:16-20
Genesis 22:16
and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Genesis 22:17
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 22:18
And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Genesis 22:19
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived in Beersheba.
Genesis 22:20
Now it came about after these things, that Abraham was told, saying, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: